Insect eggs exert rapid control over an oxygen-water tradeoff

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1588, 2006, Pages 831-834

  Zrubek, Brandy ^a   Woods, H Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusive transport; Egg; Eggshell; Embryo; Manduca sexta; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; EGG; EGGSHELL; EMBRYO; METABOLISM; MOTH; OXYGEN; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD EMISSION; HYPOXIA; INSECT; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER LOSS; ACCLIMATIZATION; AIR; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; OOCYTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AIR; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MANDUCA; OVUM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WATER;

EID: 33745245016     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3374     Document Type: Article

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