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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...
Autores principales: | Nguyen, Allyn, Balaban, Jordan P., Azizi, Emanuel, Talmadge, Robert J., Lappin, A. Kristopher |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2020
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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 |
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