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    Local deformation and stiffness distribution in fly wings
    Henja-Niniane Wehmann, Lars Heepe, Stanislav N. Gorb, Thomas Engels, Fritz-Olaf Lehmann
    Biology Open 2019 8: bio038299 doi: 10.1242/bio.038299 Published 14 January 2019

    Summary: We determined mechanical properties of wings under load in three fly species. Fly wings broadly deform similar to homogenous beams. Veins and joints shape wing mechanics and govern wing deformation during flapping flight.

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    Centrioles without microtubules: a new morphological type of centriole
    Rustem Uzbekov, Anastasiia Garanina, Christophe Bressac
    Biology Open 2018 7: bio036012 doi: 10.1242/bio.036012 Published 15 August 2018

    Summary: Centrioles without microtubules in larvae cells of parasitoid wasps duplicate and form primary cilia without microtubules, in nymph and imago cells centrioles acquire a ‘normal’ structure with nine microtubules triplets.

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    Forces to pierce cuticle of tarsi and material properties determined by nanoindentation: The Achilles’ heel of bed bugs
    Jorge Bustamante, Jason F. Panzarino, Timothy J. Rupert, Catherine Loudon
    Biology Open 2017 6: 1541-1551; doi: 10.1242/bio.028381

    Summary: Mechanical properties were measured for bed bug cuticle of the tarsi to evaluate physical plant defenses and to inform the development of novel biomimetic physical insecticides.

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    Adhesion and friction of the smooth attachment system of the cockroach Gromphadorhina portentosa and the influence of the application of fluid adhesives
    Oliver Betz, Melina Frenzel, Michael Steiner, Martin Vogt, Malte Kleemeier, Andreas Hartwig, Benjamin Sampalla, Frank Rupp, Moritz Boley, Christian Schmitt
    Biology Open 2017 6: 589-601; doi: 10.1242/bio.024620

    Summary: Friction and adhesion of a cockroach are analysed in an experimental approach that focuses on the function of the tarsal adhesion-mediating secretion.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Metabolism and antioxidant defense in the larval chironomid Tanytarsus minutipalpus: adjustments to diel variations in the extreme conditions of Lake Magadi
    Lucas F. Bianchini, Chris M. Wood, Harold L. Bergman, Ora E. Johannsson, Pierre Laurent, Claudine Chevalier, Mosiany L. Kisipan, Geraldine D. Kavembe, Michael B. Papah, Kevin V. Brix, Gudrun De Boeck, John N. Maina, Rodi O. Ojoo, Adalto Bianchini
    Biology Open 2017 6: 83-91; doi: 10.1242/bio.021139

    Summary: Insect larvae display adjustments in metabolism and oxidative status to overcome the diel variations in the extreme and harsh physicochemical conditions of Lake Magadi, a saline and alkaline lake in Kenya.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Short germ insects utilize both the ancestral and derived mode of Polycomb group-mediated epigenetic silencing of Hox genes
    Yuji Matsuoka, Tetsuya Bando, Takahito Watanabe, Yoshiyasu Ishimaru, Sumihare Noji, Aleksandar Popadić, Taro Mito
    Biology Open 2015 4: 702-709; doi: 10.1242/bio.201411064
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    High plasticity in epithelial morphogenesis during insect dorsal closure
    Kristen A. Panfilio, Georg Oberhofer, Siegfried Roth
    Biology Open 2013 2: 1108-1118; doi: 10.1242/bio.20136072

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