A single muscle moves a crustacean limb joint rhythmically by acting against a spring containing resilin

BACKGROUND: The beating or fanning movements of three pairs of maxilliped flagella in crabs and crayfish modify exhalent gill currents while drawing water over chemoreceptors on the head. They play an integral part both in signalling by distributing urine odours, and in active chemosensation. RESULT...

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Autor principal: Burrows, Malcolm
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19480647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-7-27

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19480647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-7-27

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