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Patterns of Tracheal Compression in the Thorax of the Ground Beetle, Platynus decentis

Insects breathe using a system of tracheal tubes that ramify throughout the body. Rhythmic tracheal compression (RTC), the periodic collapse and reinflation of parts of the system, has been identified in multiple taxa, but little is known about the precise dynamics of tube deformation cycles. It has...

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Autores principales: Hochgraf, John S., Waters, James S., Socha, John J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: YJBM 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30588208