The analysis of the mechanosensory origin of the infrared sensilla in Melanophila acuminata (Coeloptera; Buprestidae) adduces new insight into the transduction mechanism

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-303

  Schmitz, Anke ^a   Sehrbrock, Angelika ^b   Schmitz, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

Author keywords

FIB; Forest fire; Infrared receptor; Mechanoreceptor; Phylogenetic development; Transduction mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; INFRARED RADIATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MICROFLUIDICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EVOLUTION; INFRARED RAYS; MECHANORECEPTORS; SENSE ORGANS;

BUPRESTIDAE; MELANOPHILA ACUMINATA;

EID: 34447125754     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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