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Remora cranial vein morphology and its functional implications for attachment

Remora fishes adhere to, and maintain long-term, reversible attachment with, surfaces of varying roughness and compliance under wetted high-shear conditions using an adhesive disc that evolved from the dorsal fin spines typical of other fishes. Evolution of this complex hierarchical structure requir...

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Autores principales: Flammang, Brooke E., Kenaley, Christopher P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5517627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06429-z