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Biomechanics and ontogeny of gliding in wingless stick insect nymphs ( Extatosoma tiaratum )
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2024) 227 (24): jeb247805.
Published: 16 December 2024
...Yu Zeng; Grisanu Naing; Vivian Lu; Yuexiang Chen; Robert Dudley ABSTRACT Many wingless arboreal arthropods can glide back to tree trunks following free falls. However, little is known about the behaviors and aerodynamics underlying such aerial performance, and how this may be influenced by body...
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2021) 224 (2): jeb207696.
Published: 28 January 2021
... of beneficial effects in gut microbiota–insect symbiosis. Arthropod Digestive tract Fruit fly Honey bee Symbiosis Termite The evolutionary success of many insects is closely tied to symbiotic associations with microbes ( Douglas, 2015 ; Baumann, 2005 ). Multi-species microbial communities...
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2020) 223 (3): jeb208611.
Published: 5 February 2020
...-1 Heat stress Arthropod RNAi As the climate warms and organisms are pushed to their thermal limits, understanding the mechanistic basis underlying thermal tolerance is of increasing interest. Thermal stress elicits a near-universal cellular ‘heat shock response’, which has been...
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Age-related responses to injury and repair in insect cuticle
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2019) 222 (1): jeb182253.
Published: 2 January 2019
...-licence-1-1/ Summary: Like humans/other animals, insects also suffer age-related declines. Older insects are more susceptible to injuries and less able to repair them than younger counterparts. Repair Arthropod Biomechanics The mechanical properties of mammalian tissue...
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Polarized object detection in crabs: a two-channel system
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2018) 221 (10): jeb173369.
Published: 25 May 2018
... or curarized fish . Vision Res. 17 , 617 - 624 . 10.1016/0042-6989(77)90137-7 Bengochea , M. ( 2017 ). Morphological and physiological characterization of columnar neurons projecting from the second to the third optic ganglion in arthropods . PhD thesis , University of Buenos Aires...
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Cuticular gas exchange by Antarctic sea spiders
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2018) 221 (8): jeb177568.
Published: 25 April 2018
... may limit body size, especially if the integument also functions in support or locomotion. Pycnogonids, or sea spiders, are marine arthropods that lack gills and rely on cutaneous respiration but still grow to large sizes. Their cuticle contains pores, which may play a role in gas exchange. Here, we...
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Biomechanics of omnidirectional strikes in flat spiders
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Comparative biomechanics of movement
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2018) 221 (7): jeb166512.
Published: 11 April 2018
.../user-licence-1-1/ Highlighted Article: Selenopid spiders can attack prey throughout their entire peripheral range, showing a novel hunting behavior with high maneuverability that is generated with effectively controlled reconfigurations of long, laterigrade legs. Arthropod Legged...
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2017) 220 (11): 1975–1983.
Published: 1 June 2017
... with a slightly shorter wavelength pigment in the production of red. Finally, we present the first evidence for the presence of melanosomes in arthropods, using both scanning and transmission electron microscopy, overturning the assumption that melanosomes are a synapomorphy of vertebrates. Our research shows...
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2017) 220 (5): 885–890.
Published: 1 March 2017
...Verner P. Bingman; Jacob M. Graving; Eileen A. Hebets; Daniel D. Wiegmann ABSTRACT Amblypygids, or whip spiders, are nocturnal, predatory arthropods that display a robust ability to navigate to their home refuge. Prior field observations and displacement studies in amblypygids demonstrated...
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Spectral sensitivity in Onychophora (velvet worms) revealed by electroretinograms, phototactic behaviour and opsin gene expression
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2015) 218 (6): 915–922.
Published: 15 March 2015
... to the arthropod median ocelli, whereas the compound eyes probably evolved in the arthropod lineage. To gain insights into the ancestral function and evolution of the visual system in panarthropods, we investigated phototactic behaviour, opsin gene expression and the spectral sensitivity of the eyes in two...
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Level locomotion in wood ants: evidence for grounded running
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2014) 217 (13): 2358–2370.
Published: 1 July 2014
... of Biologists Ltd 2014 Formica polyctena Arthropod Ground reaction force Insect biomechanics Ant locomotion Grounded running Among insects, extremely fast and agile species exist that can easily adapt their locomotor performance to a variety of substrates and inclines ( Graham and Cruse...
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Hydraulic leg extension is not necessarily the main drive in large spiders
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (4): 578–583.
Published: 15 February 2012
...Tom Weihmann; Michael Günther; Reinhard Blickhan SUMMARY Unlike most other arthropods, spiders have no extensor muscles in major leg joints. Therefore, hydraulic pressure generated in the prosoma provides leg extension. For decades, this mechanism was held responsible for the generation...
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Plasticity in arthropod cryotypes
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2007) 210 (15): 2585–2592.
Published: 1 August 2007
...T. C. Hawes; J. S. Bale SUMMARY Low-temperature acclimation and acclimatization produce phenotypic changes in arthropods at multiple levels of biological organization from the molecular to the behavioural. The role and function of plasticity – where a constitutive, reversible change occurs...
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A novel secreted endonuclease from Culex quinquefasciatus salivary glands
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2006) 209 (14): 2651–2659.
Published: 15 July 2006
... by producing a defibrotide-like mixture of DNA haptamers. © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 mosquito salivary gland endonuclease Culex quinquefasciatus arthropod * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 13 4 2006 Nucleases, including...
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Effects of aging on behavior and leg kinematics during locomotion in two species of cockroach
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2003) 206 (24): 4453–4465.
Published: 15 December 2003
... that failed on the incline walked with a tripod gait on a horizontal surface. The escape behavior of Periplaneta americana is one of the most characterized behaviors in cockroaches and in arthropods in general( Ritzmann and Eaton, 1997 ; Comer and Robertson, 2001 ). The neural circuit underlying...
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Mechanics of cuticular elastic energy storage in leg joints lacking extensor muscles in arachnids
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2003) 206 (4): 771–784.
Published: 15 February 2003
... storage (resilience) in the absence of internal fluid pressure was 70-90% for joints with well-developed transarticular sclerites, and the magnitude of torque was similar to those produced by different joint extension mechanisms in other arthropods. Increased internal fluid pressure acted synergistically...
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Carbonic anhydrase in the midgut of larval Aedes aegypti : cloning, localization and inhibition
Available to PurchaseMaria del Pilar Corena, Theresa J. Seron, Herm K. Lehman, Judith D. Ochrietor, Andrea Kohn, Chingkuang Tu, Paul J. Linser
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2002) 205 (5): 591–602.
Published: 1 March 2002
... may also possess multiple forms. *Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 12 12 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 carbonic anhydrase mosquito Aedes aegypti Drosophila melanogaster larva midgut arthropod alkalization cDNA...
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A motor and a brake: two leg extensor muscles acting at the same joint manage energy differently in a running insect
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2002) 205 (3): 379–389.
Published: 1 February 2002
... and the strain patterns for 177c and 179 were determined (see Delp et al., 1990 ; Full and Ahn, 1995 ). Muscle strain is directly proportional to joint angle in insect legs because these muscles insert on apodemes (arthropod ‘tendon’), which are 40 times stiffer than vertebrate tendon ( Ker, 1977 ). Given...
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Running in the surf: hydrodynamics of the shore crab Grapsus tenuicrustatus
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2001) 204 (17): 3097–3112.
Published: 1 September 2001
.... *Present address: Department of Biology, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR 97116, USA (e-mail: [email protected] ) 17 5 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 hydrodynamics locomotion crustacean arthropod shore crab Grapsus tenuicrustatus. Studies...
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Invertebrate paraxial locomotory appendages: design, deformation and control
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Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (1999) 202 (23): 3333–3345.
Published: 1 December 1999
... performance more than did more distal trimming, suggesting that passive flexion of the setae plays a role in both forms of locomotion. While Limulus and the larvae of many insects also walk under water, most aquatic walking arthropods are Crustacea. The walking limbs are the thoracic pereiopods. Like...
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