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Mitochondrial glycerol 3-phosphate facilitates bumblebee pre-flight thermogenesis
Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) fly at low ambient temperatures where other insects cannot, and to do so they must pre-warm their flight muscles. While some have proposed mechanisms, none fully explain how pre-flight thermogenesis occurs. Here, we present a novel hypothesis based on the less studied...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5638826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026172 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13454-5 |