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The Euler spiral of rat whiskers

This paper reports on an analytical study of the intrinsic shapes of 523 whiskers from 15 rats. We show that the variety of whiskers on a rat’s cheek, each of which has different lengths and shapes, can be described by a simple mathematical equation such that each whisker is represented as an interv...

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Autores principales: Starostin, Eugene L., Grant, Robyn A., Dougill, Gary, van der Heijden, Gert H. M., Goss, Victor G. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6962041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31998835
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax5145