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Frog tongue surface microstructures: functional and evolutionary patterns

Frogs (Lissamphibia: Anura) use adhesive tongues to capture fast moving, elusive prey. For this, the tongues are moved quickly and adhere instantaneously to various prey surfaces. Recently, the functional morphology of frog tongues was discussed in context of their adhesive performance. It was sugge...

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Autores principales: Kleinteich, Thomas, Gorb, Stanislav N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Beilstein-Institut 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4979896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27547606
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.7.81