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Fast and Powerful: Biomechanics and Bite Forces of the Mandibles in the American Cockroach Periplaneta americana

Knowing the functionality and capabilities of masticatory apparatuses is essential for the ecological classification of jawed organisms. Nevertheless insects, especially with their outstanding high species number providing an overwhelming morphological diversity, are notoriously underexplored with r...

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Autores principales: Weihmann, Tom, Reinhardt, Lars, Weißing, Kevin, Siebert, Tobias, Wipfler, Benjamin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26559671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141226