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Beetle elytra: evolution, modifications and biological functions
Conversion of forewings into hardened covers, elytra, was a ground-breaking morphological adaptation that has contributed to the extraordinary evolutionary success of beetles. Nevertheless, the knowledge of the functional aspects of these structures is still fragmentary and scattered across a large...
Autores principales: | Goczał, Jakub, Beutel, Rolf G. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9975656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36855857 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0559 |
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