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The cuticle inward barrier in Drosophila melanogaster is shaped by mitochondrial and nuclear genotypes and a sex-specific effect of diet

An important role of the insect cuticle is to prevent wetting (i.e., permeation of water) and also to prevent penetration of potentially harmful substances. This barrier function mainly depends on the hydrophobic cuticle surface composed of lipids including cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs). We investig...

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Autores principales: Dong, Wei, Dobler, Ralph, Dowling, Damian K., Moussian, Bernard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6779114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31592352
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7802