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Chitin is a functional component of the larval adhesive of barnacles
Barnacles are the only sessile crustaceans, and their larva, the cyprid, is supremely adapted for attachment to surfaces. Barnacles have a universal requirement for strong adhesion at the point of larval attachment. Selective pressure on the cyprid adhesive has been intense and led to evolution of a...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6969031/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31953492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0751-5 |