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The Advantages of a Tapered Whisker
The role of facial vibrissae (whiskers) in the behavior of terrestrial mammals is principally as a supplement or substitute for short-distance vision. Each whisker in the array functions as a mechanical transducer, conveying forces applied along the shaft to mechanoreceptors in the follicle at the w...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20098714 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008806 |