Publication Date:
1979-11-02
Description:
Male Anopheles mosquitoes erect their antennal hairs prior to mating. The erectile mechanism resides in a unique annulus at the base of each hair whorl. It appears that the insect regulates the degree of hydration of this annulus. When the annulus is made to swell the attached hairs are pushed to their erect position.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nijhout, H F -- Sheffield, H G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1979 Nov 2;206(4418):595-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40308" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Anopheles/*physiology/ultrastructure
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Behavior, Animal/physiology
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Hair/physiology
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Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
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Male
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Microvilli/physiology
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Movement
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Proteins/physiology
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Water
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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