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Bats actively modulate membrane compliance to control camber and reduce drag

Bat wing skin is exceptionally compliant and cambers significantly during flight. Plagiopatagiales proprii, arrays of small muscles embedded in the armwing membrane, are activated during flight and are hypothesized to modulate membrane tension. We examined the function of these muscles using Jamaica...

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Autores principales: Cheney, Jorn A., Rehm, Jeremy C., Swartz, Sharon M., Breuer, Kenneth S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9377553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35762250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243974

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