METABOLIZATION AND SEQUESTRATION OF PLANT SPECIALIZED METABOLITES IN INSECT HERBIVORES: CURRENT AND EMERGING APPROACHES

Metabolization and sequestration of plant specialized metabolites in insect herbivores: Current and emerging approaches

Herbivorous insects encounter diverse Axes plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) in their diet, that have deterrent, anti-nutritional, or toxic properties.Understanding how they cope with PSMs is crucial to understand their biology, population dynamics, and evolution.This review summarizes current and emerging cutting-edge methods that can be used t

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On-skin and tele-haptic application of mechanically decoupled taxel array on dynamically moving and soft surfaces

Abstract To accurately probe the tactile information Rollators on soft skin, it is critical for the pressure sensing array to be free of noise and inter-taxel crosstalk, irrespective of the measurement condition.However, on dynamically moving and soft surfaces, which are common conditions for on-skin and robotic applications, obtaining precise meas

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Effects of food availability on yolk androgen deposition in the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), a seabird with facultative brood reduction.

In birds with facultative brood reduction, survival of the junior chick is thought to be regulated primarily by food availability.In black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) where parents and chicks are provided with unlimited access to supplemental food during the breeding season, brood reduction still occurs and varies interannually.Survival of

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