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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...
Autores principales: | Luo, Yifu, Hartmann, Mitra J. Z. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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