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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4759535 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20160219
Animals have developed the ability to sense the water content in their habitats, including hygrosensation (sensing humidity in the air) and hydrosensation (sensing the water content in other microenvironments), and they display preferences for specific water contents that influence their mating, reproduction and geographic distribution. We developed and employed four quantitative behavioural test paradigms to investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying sensing the water content ...[more]