Humidity sensing in insects — from ecology to neural processing
Enjin, Anders LU
(2017)
In Current Opinion in Insect Science
24.
p.1-6
- Abstract
Humidity is an omnipresent climatic factor that influences the fitness, reproductive behavior and geographic distribution of animals. Insects in particular use humidity cues to navigate the environment. Although the sensory neurons of this elusive sense were first described more than fifty years ago, the transduction mechanism of humidity sensing (hygrosensation) remains unknown. Recent work has uncovered some of the key molecules involved, opening up for novel approaches to study hygrosensory transduction. In this review, I will discuss this progress made toward understanding hygrosensation in insects.
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- author
- Enjin, Anders
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-12-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Current Opinion in Insect Science
- volume
- 24
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85028969666
- wos:000417020600003
- pmid:29208217
- ISSN
- 2214-5745
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cois.2017.08.004
- language
- English
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- yes
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