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Switchable Wettability of the Honeybee’s Tongue Surface Regulated by Erectable Glossal Hairs
Various nectarivorous animals apply bushy-hair-equipped tongues to lap nectar from nectaries of flowers. A typical example is provided by the Italian honeybee (Apis mellifera ligustica), who protracts and retracts its tongue (glossa) through a temporary tube, and actively controls the erectable glos...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4671458/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26643560 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iev143 |