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Thermal melanism in ectotherms
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A synthesis of the thermal melanism hypothesis which states that dark individuals are at an advantage under conditions of low temperature since they heat up faster than light individuals at a given level of solar radiation is provided.About:
This article is published in Journal of Thermal Biology.The article was published on 2007-07-01. It has received 481 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ectotherm & Melanism.read more
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Insect thermal tolerance: what is the role of ontogeny, ageing and senescence?
Ken Bowler,John S. Terblanche +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that basal thermal tolerance and acclimation responses (i.e. phenotypic plasticity) are strongly influenced by age and/or ontogeny and may confound studies of temperature responses if unaccounted for and that the temperature tolerance of insects should be defined within the age‐demographics of a particular population or species.
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Melanins and melanogenesis: from pigment cells to human health and technological applications.
Marco d'Ischia,Kazumasa Wakamatsu,Fabio Cicoira,Eduardo Di Mauro,José C. García-Borrón,Stephane Commo,Ismael Galván,Ghanem Elias Ghanem,Koike Kenzo,Paul Meredith,Alessandro Pezzella,Clara Santato,Tadeusz Sarna,John D. Simon,Luigi Zecca,Fabio A. Zucca,Alessandra Napolitano,Shosuke Ito +17 more
TL;DR: An interdisciplinary perspective of melanin pigments and related pathway is provided with a view to showing how it is possible to translate current knowledge about physical and chemical properties and control mechanisms into new bioinspired solutions for biomedical, dermocosmetic, and technological applications.
Synthesis Macrophysiology: A Conceptual Reunification
Kevin J. Gaston,Steven L. Chown,Piero Calosi,Joseph Bernardo,David T. Bilton,Andrew Clarke,Susana Clusella-Trullas,Cameron K. Ghalambor,Marek Konarzewski,Lloyd S. Peck,Warren P. Porter,Enrico L. Rezende,Patricia M. Schulte,John I. Spicer,Jonathon H. Stillman,John S. Terblanche,Mark van Kleunen +16 more
TL;DR: This article provides a conceptual framework for the continued development of macrophysiology and subdivides this framework into three major components: the establishment ofmacrophysiological patterns, determining the form of those patterns (the very general ways in which they are shaped), and understanding the mechanisms that give rise to them.
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Macrophysiology: A Conceptual Reunification
Kevin J. Gaston,Steven L. Chown,Piero Calosi,Joseph Bernardo,David T. Bilton,Andrew Clarke,Susana Clusella-Trullas,Cameron K. Ghalambor,Marek Konarzewski,Lloyd S. Peck,Warren P. Porter,Hans O. Pörtner,Enrico L. Rezende,Patricia M. Schulte,John I. Spicer,Jonathon H. Stillman,John S. Terblanche,Mark van Kleunen +17 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a conceptual framework for the continued development of macrophysiology, which is subdivided into three major components: the establishment of macophysiological patterns, determining the form of those patterns, and understanding the mechanisms that give rise to them.
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Coping with thermal challenges: physiological adaptations to environmental temperatures.
Glenn J. Tattersall,Brent J. Sinclair,Philip C. Withers,Peter A. Fields,Frank Seebacher,Christine Cooper,Shane K. Maloney +6 more
TL;DR: Physiological responses to cold and warmth differ depending on whether animals maintain elevated body temperatures or exhibit minimal internal heat production, whereas ectothermic adaptations to temperature are best exemplified by the numerous mechanisms that allow for the tolerance or avoidance of ice crystal formation at temperatures below 0°C.
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