Oxygen and water flux across eggshells of Manduca sexta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1297-1308

  Woods, H Arthur ^a   Bonnecaze, Roger T ^b   Zrubek, Brandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorion; Crystalline chorionic layer; Eggshell; Inert gas substitution; Manduca sexta; Mathematical model; Moth; Oxygen; Oxygen limitation; Tradeoff; Water; Wax

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFORM; METHANOL; OXYGEN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHORION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFORM; CHORION; ENERGY METABOLISM; MANDUCA; METHANOL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; OXYGEN; WATER;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 17644409754     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01525     Document Type: Article

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