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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2022
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| 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 |