Ecdysis: Nature’s Grand Wardrobe Change
  • September 25, 2024

Darling, buckle up your exoskeletons because we’re about to sashay into the most FABULOUS biological runway show ever – it’s ECDYSIS, honey! 💃🐛✹ Picture this: You’re a gorgeous little arthropod,…

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Cephalothorax aka prosoma
  • September 24, 2024

The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind.[1] (The terms prosoma and opisthosoma are equivalent to cephalothorax and abdomen in some groups. The terms prosoma and opisthosoma may be preferred by some researchers…

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Asynchronous Muscles
  • September 24, 2024

Asynchronous muscles are muscles in which there is no one-to-one relationship between electrical stimulation and mechanical contraction. These muscles are found in 75% of flying insects and have convergently evolved 7-10 times.[1] Unlike their synchronous counterparts…

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Thorax (arthropod anatomy)
  • September 24, 2024

The thorax is the midsection (tagma) of the hexapod body (insects and entognathans). It holds the head, legs, wings and abdomen. It is also called mesosoma or cephalothorax in other arthropods. It is formed by the prothorax, mesothorax and metathorax and comprises the scutellum; the cervix, a membrane that separates the…

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Magical Mantis Mojo
  • September 22, 2024

Hold onto your ootheca, folks, because we’re about to dive deep into the wild world of Sang Piao Xiao! đŸ›đŸ„šđŸ”Ź Imagine you’re an ancient Chinese healer, strolling through a mulberry…

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Ootheca
  • September 22, 2024

Buckle up, bug lovers, because we’re about to embark on a wild ride through the wacky world of oothecae! đŸ›đŸ„šđŸŽą Picture this: You’re a lady mantis, feeling frisky after a…

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the ULTIMATE BUGGY BASS DROP
  • March 5, 2024

Oh snap, buckle up buttercup, ’cause we’re about to dive deep into the wildest rave this side of the exoskeleton! 🐛🎉 Imagine, if you will, a microscopic mosh pit where…

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Dermatan sulfate (and a few other things)
  • February 10, 2024

Dermatan sulfate is a glycosaminoglycan (formerly called a mucopolysaccharide) found mostly in skin, but also in blood vessels, heart valves, tendons, and lungs. It is also referred to as chondroitin sulfate B, although it is no longer classified as a…

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DMRT1
  • February 5, 2024

Doublesex and mab-3 related transcription factor 1, also known as DMRT1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the DMRT1 gene. Function DMRT1 is a dose sensitive transcription factor protein that regulates Sertoli cells and…

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