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Smart Skin Patterns Protect Springtails

Springtails, arthropods who live in soil, in decaying material, and on plants, have adapted to demanding conditions by evolving extremely effective and robust anti-adhesive skin patterns. However, details of these unique properties and their structural basis are still unknown. Here we demonstrate th...

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Autores principales: Helbig, Ralf, Nickerl, Julia, Neinhuis, Christoph, Werner, Carsten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21980383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025105