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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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BioMed Central
2009
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| 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 |