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Burst mode pumping: A new mechanism of drinking in mosquitoes

Mosquitoes transport liquid foods into the body using two muscular pumps in the head. In normal drinking, these pumps reciprocate in a stereotyped pattern of oscillation, with a high frequency but small stroke volume. Do mosquitoes modulate their neuromotor programs for pumping to produce different...

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Autores principales: Kikuchi, Kenji, Stremler, Mark A., Chatterjee, Souvick, Lee, Wah-Keat, Mochizuki, Osamu, Socha, John J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5861067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29559647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22866-w