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A New Helical Crossed-Fibre Structure of β-Keratin in Flight Feathers and Its Biomechanical Implications
The feather aerofoil is unequalled in nature. It is comprised of a central rachis, serial paired branches or barbs, from which arise further branches, the barbules. Barbs and barbules arise from the significantly thinner lateral walls (the epicortex) of the rachis and barbs respectively, as opposed...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677936/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065849 |