Flies use blood cells to take a deep breath

• 成果类型: News Item
• 署名作者: Luschnig, Stefan
• 署名单位: University of Munster
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-6464
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-01649-6
• 发表日期: 2024-07-11
• 关键词: drosophila; respiration; insects

摘要

Insect respiration is commonly thought to rely solely on direct gas exchange through air-filled tracheal tubes. The discovery of oxygen-transporting blood cells in fly larvae reveals a previously unknown way to oxygenate fly tissues.