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Propelling and perturbing appendages together facilitate strenuous ground self-righting

Terrestrial animals must self-right when overturned on the ground, but this locomotor task is strenuous. To do so, the discoid cockroach often pushes its wings against the ground to begin a somersault which rarely succeeds. As it repeatedly attempts this, the animal probabilistically rolls to the si...

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Autores principales: Othayoth, Ratan, Li, Chen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8315797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34231466
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.60233