Oxygen supply through the tracheolar-muscle system does not constrain insect gigantism.

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Title: Oxygen supply through the tracheolar-muscle system does not constrain insect gigantism.
Authors: Snelling EP; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, and Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Research, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa. edward.snelling@up.ac.za., Lensink AV; EM Unit, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa., Clusella-Trullas S; Department of Botany and Zoology, and School for Climate Studies, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa., Weldon C; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa., Lehmann P; Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany., Terblanche JS; Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa., Payne NL; School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland., Harrison JF; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA., Hickey AJR; School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand., Donaldson A; Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa., Deschodt CM; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa., Seymour RS; School of Biological Sciences, Adelaide University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Source: Nature [Nature] 2026 May; Vol. 653 (8114), pp. 439-443. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Mar 25.
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