Discovery of a lipid synthesising organ in the auditory system of an insect.

Weta possess typical Ensifera ears. Each ear comprises three functional parts: two equally sized tympanal membranes, an underlying system of modified tracheal chambers, and the auditory sensory organ, the crista acustica. This organ sits within an enclosed fluid-filled channel-previously presumed to...

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Main Authors: Kathryn F Lomas, David R Greenwood, James F C Windmill, Joseph C Jackson, Jeremy Corfield, Stuart Parsons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0051486&type=printable
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