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Material gradients in gastropod radulae and their biomechanical significance: a combined approach on the paludomid Lavigeria grandis

The radula, a chitinous membrane spiked with teeth, is the molluscan autapomorphy for the gathering and processing of food. The teeth, as actual interfaces between the organism and the ingesta, act as load transmitting regions and have to withstand high stresses during foraging — without structural...

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Autores principales: Krings, Wencke, Matsumura, Yoko, Brütt, Jan-Ole, Gorb, Stanislav N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9630255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36322292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-022-01822-9

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