How aphids lose their marbles
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How aphids lose their marbles.
Insects provide examples of many cunning stratagems to cope with the challenges of living in a world dominated by surface forces. Despite being the current masters of the land environment, they are at constant risk of being entrapped in liquids, which they prevent by having waxy and hairy surfaces. The problem is particularly acute in an enclosed space, such as a plant gall. Using secreted wax ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.1999