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Hydrophobic-hydrophilic crown-like structure enables aquatic insects to reside effectively beneath the water surface

Various insects utilise hydrophobic biological surfaces to live on the surface of water, while other organisms possess hydrophilic properties that enable them to live within a water column. Dixidae larvae reside, without being submerged, just below the water surface. However, little is known about h...

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Autores principales: Suzuki, Chiaki, Takaku, Yasuharu, Suzuki, Hiroshi, Ishii, Daisuke, Shimozawa, Tateo, Nomura, Shuhei, Shimomura, Masatsugu, Hariyama, Takahiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8192529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34112937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02228-5