Desiccation resistance: effect of cuticular hydrocarbons and water content in Drosophila melanogaster adults

BACKGROUND: The insect cuticle covers the whole body and all appendages and has bi-directionnal selective permeability: it protects against environmental stress and pathogen infection and also helps to reduce water loss. The adult cuticle is often associated with a superficial layer of fatty acid-de...

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Autores principales: Ferveur, Jean-Francois, Cortot, Jérôme, Rihani, Karen, Cobb, Matthew, Everaerts, Claude
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
Materias:
Ecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5813593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29456884
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4318

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5813593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29456884
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4318

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