Physiology: Neutral buoyancy by an insect

H. Arthur Woods

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.007

Physiology: Neutral buoyancy by an insect

H. Arthur Woods

Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

Larval phantom midges are remarkably adept at maintaining neutral buoyancy in water. A new study reveals that they do so using a previously unknown mechanism — modifying the volumes of internal air sacs using pH-driven changes in a protein embedded in the air-sac walls.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R165-R167
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	32
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.007
State	Published - Feb 28 2022

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Physiology: Neutral buoyancy by an insect

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