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Smart joints: auto-cleaning mechanism in the legs of beetles
The auto-cleaning system in digging forelegs of the Congo rose chafer Pachnoda marginata femoro-tibial joint is described. The cleaning system consists of four subsystems: three external ones represented by microsetal pad, hairy brush and scraper and one internal one. They work proactively not only...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9519561/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36171483 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03924-6 |