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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2017
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| 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 |