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Specific Features of Mandible Structure and Elemental Composition in the Polyphagous Amphipod Acanthogammarus grewingkii Endemic to Lake Baikal

BACKGROUND: In crustaceans, several mechanisms provide for the mechanical strength of the cuticular “tools” (dactyli, claws, jaws), which serve to catch and crush food objects. Studies on the mandibles of the endemic Baikal amphipod Acanthogammarus grewingkii by means of electron microscopy and elem...

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Autores principales: Mekhanikova, Irina V., Andreev, Dmitry S., Belozerova, Olga Yu., Mikhlin, Yuri L., Lipko, Sergey V., Klimenkov, Igor V., Akimov, Vladlen V., Kargin, Valeriy F., Mazurova, Yelena V., Tauson, Vladimir L., Likhoshway, Yelena V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3416755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22900091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043073