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Isometric spiracular scaling in scarab beetles—implications for diffusive and advective oxygen transport

The scaling of respiratory structures has been hypothesized to be a major driving factor in the evolution of many aspects of animal physiology. Here, we provide the first assessment of the scaling of the spiracles in insects using 10 scarab beetle species differing 180× in mass, including some of th...

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Autores principales: Wagner, Julian M, Klok, C Jaco, Duell, Meghan E, Socha, John J, Cao, Guohua, Gong, Hao, Harrison, Jon F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9522208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36098509
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82129