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Hairy suckers: the surface microstructure and its possible functional significance in the Octopus vulgaris sucker
Octopus suckers are able to attach to any smooth surface and many rough surfaces. Here, we have discovered that the sucker surface, which has been hypothesised to be responsible for sealing the orifice during adhesion, is not smooth as previously assumed, but is completely covered by a dense network...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Beilstein-Institut
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24991492 http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.66 |