PhysiologyJournal of Experimental BiologyPeer-reviewed
Another fly diuretic hormone: tachykinins increase fluid and ion transport by adult Drosophila melanogaster Malpighian 'renal' tubules
Marishia Agard, Meet Zandawala, Jean-Paul V. Paluzzi
This study shows that Drosophila tachykinins function as diuretic hormones by activating ion transport in Malpighian tubules, aiding in hydromineral balance.
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