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On the intrinsic curvature of animal whiskers

Facial vibrissae (whiskers) are thin, tapered, flexible, hair-like structures that are an important source of tactile sensory information for many species of mammals. In contrast to insect antennae, whiskers have no sensors along their lengths. Instead, when a whisker touches an object, the resultin...

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Autores principales: Luo, Yifu, Hartmann, Mitra J. Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9821693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36607960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269210