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Navigation in darkness: How the marine midge (Pontomyia oceana) locates hard substrates above the water level to lay eggs

Finding suitable habitats for specific functions such as breeding provides examples of key biotic adaptation. The adult marine midge Pontomyia oceana requires an extremely specific habitat, i.e., hard substrates above water in shallow water, to deposit fertilized eggs. We investigated how these sea...

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Autores principales: Chang, Chun-Gin, Hsu, Chia-Hsuan, Soong, Keryea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7834138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33493219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246060