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Great hammerhead sharks swim on their side to reduce transport costs

Animals exhibit various physiological and behavioural strategies for minimizing travel costs. Fins of aquatic animals play key roles in efficient travel and, for sharks, the functions of dorsal and pectoral fins are considered well divided: the former assists propulsion and generates lateral hydrody...

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Autores principales: Payne, Nicholas L., Iosilevskii, Gil, Barnett, Adam, Fischer, Chris, Graham, Rachel T., Gleiss, Adrian C., Watanabe, Yuuki Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4963531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27457414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12289

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