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Quantifying the three-dimensional facial morphology of the laboratory rat with a focus on the vibrissae

The morphology of an animal’s face will have large effects on the sensory information it can acquire. Here we quantify the arrangement of cranial sensory structures of the rat, with special emphasis on the mystacial vibrissae (whiskers). Nearly all mammals have vibrissae, which are generally arrange...

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Autores principales: Belli, Hayley M., Bresee, Chris S., Graff, Matthew M., Hartmann, Mitra J. Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5886528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29621356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194981