TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTIC FOR LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY IN TENT CATERPILLARS
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- 20 September 1925
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 9 (1) , 49-54
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.9.1.49
Abstract
The frequency of abdominal peristaltic locomotor waves in tent caterpillars during vertical ascension is controlled by the temperature according to the equation of Arrhenius. The constant µ (temperature characteristic) has the value 12,200 calories, agreeing quantitatively with the value obtained for a number of other (non-respiratory) rhythmic neuromuscular movements among arthropods.Keywords
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