Hygroreception

Hygroreception is the ability to detect changes in the moisture and humidity content of an environment. It is a sense that is not present in humans. Some insects have this sense.[1] The structure responsible for this sense is a hygroreceptor.[2][3]

References

  1. Rivers, D.B.; Dahlem, G.A. (2014). The Science of Forensic Entomology. EBL-Schweitzer. Wiley. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-119-94036-4. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. Enjin, Anders; Zaharieva, Emanuela E.; Frank, Dominic D.; Mansourian, Suzan; Suh, Greg S. B.; Gallio, Marco; Stensmyr, Marcus C. (2016). "Humidity Sensing in Drosophila". Current Biology. 26 (10): 1352–1358. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.049. PMC 5305172. PMID 27161501.
  3. Tichy, Harald; Kallina, Wolfgang (16 January 2013). "The Evaporative Function of Cockroach Hygroreceptors". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e53998. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053998. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3546976. PMID 23342058.
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