Fatigue resistant jaw muscles facilitate long-lasting courtship behaviour in the southern alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)

The southern alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) exhibits a courtship behaviour during which the male firmly grips the female's head in his jaws for many hours at a time. This extreme behaviour counters the conventional wisdom that reptilian muscle is incapable of powering high-endurance b...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Allyn, Balaban, Jordan P., Azizi, Emanuel, Talmadge, Robert J., Lappin, A. Kristopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
Materias:
Behaviour
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7542809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32962547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1578

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7542809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32962547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1578

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