aestivation
- Frogs seek hypoxic microhabitats that accentuate metabolic depression during dormancy
Summary: Frogs seek hypoxic microhabitats in response to habitat drying. This behaviour, in turn, accelerates and accentuates metabolic depression during aestivation.
- Distinct physiological, biochemical and morphometric adjustments in the malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and A. coluzzii as means to survive dry season conditions in Burkina Faso
Summary: A diverse and complex pattern of physiological mechanisms occurs in the Anopheles gambiae s.l. mosquito species and at the population level to cope with the harsh dry season.
- Prevention of muscle wasting and osteoporosis: the value of examining novel animal models
Summary: Understanding the biology of animals that experience natural periods of disuse but suffer little musculoskeletal atrophy may reveal novel regulatory factors and lead to new therapeutics.
- Desiccation tolerance in Anopheles coluzzii: the effects of spiracle size and cuticular hydrocarbons
Summary: Seasonal variation in desiccation tolerance of malaria mosquitoes is shaped by cuticular hydrocarbon composition and quantity and possibly by smaller spiracles. Seasonal allometries indicate season-specific developmental programs, consistent with aestivation.