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Malaria mosquitoes use leg push‐off forces to control body pitch during take‐off

Escaping from a blood host with freshly acquired nutrition for her eggs is one of the most critical actions in the life of a female malaria mosquito. During this take‐off, she has to carry a large payload, up to three times her body weight, while avoiding tactile detection by the host. What separate...

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Published in:J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr Physiol
Main Authors: van Veen, Wouter G., van Leeuwen, Johan L., Muijres, Florian T.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6916183/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31403265
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.2308
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