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Reversible Underwater Adhesion: The Unique C-shaped Suckers of Net-winged Midge Larvae (Blepharicera sp.)

Aquatic insects living in fast-flowing streams have developed various types of attachment systems to resist being carried away by strong currents. Combinations of various attachment devices offer aquatic insects advantages in underwater adhesion on substrates with different surface properties. In th...

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Autores principales: Liu, Guan-Lin, Chang, Haw-Kai, Chuang, Yung-Chieh, Lin, Yu-Min, Chen, Po-Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7286893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32523030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66268-3