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Structure, mechanics and material properties of claw cuticle from mole cricket Gryllotalpaorientalis

Powerful shovel-like forelimbs with special shape, structure and biological materials enable mole cricket to digging efficiently. During digging, the tip of the claw needs to wedge into the soil, and the base needs to withstand considerable anti-shear force. In this study, we analysed the structural...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Zhifeng, Zhang, Yan, Zhang, Junxia, Zhu, Yueying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6730930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31491009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222116