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Repeated Origin and Loss of Adhesive Toepads in Geckos
Geckos are well known for their extraordinary clinging abilities and many species easily scale vertical or even inverted surfaces. This ability is enabled by a complex digital adhesive mechanism (adhesive toepads) that employs van der Waals based adhesion, augmented by frictional forces. Numerous mo...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3384654/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22761794 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039429 |