Countercurrent heat exchange and thermoregulation during blood-feeding in kissing bugs

Blood-sucking insects experience thermal stress at each feeding event on endothermic vertebrates. We used thermography to examine how kissing-bugs Rhodnius prolixus actively protect themselves from overheating. During feeding, these bugs sequester and dissipate the excess heat in their heads while m...

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Autores principales: Lahondère, Chloé, Insausti, Teresita C, Paim, Rafaela MM, Luan, Xiaojie, Belev, George, Pereira, Marcos H, Ianowski, Juan P, Lazzari, Claudio R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2017
Materias:
Ecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29157359
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.26107

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29157359
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.26107

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