Why Do Insects Close Their Spiracles? A Meta-Analytic Evaluation of the Adaptive Hypothesis of Discontinuous Gas Exchange in Insects

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Insects breathe with the aid of thin capillary tubes that open out to the exterior of their body as spiracles. These spiracles are often modulated in a rhythmic gas pattern known as the discontinuous gas exchange cycle. During this cycle, spiracles are either firmly shut to allow no...

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Autores principales: Oladipupo, Seun O., Wilson, Alan E., Hu, Xing Ping, Appel, Arthur G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Systematic Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8878836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13020117

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8878836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13020117

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