Unique structural features facilitate lizard tail autotomy.
Autotomy refers to the voluntary shedding of a body part; a renowned example is tail loss among lizards as a response to attempted predation. Although many aspects of lizard tail autotomy have been studied, the detailed morphology and mechanism remains unclear. In the present study, we showed that t...
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Auteurs principaux: | Kristian W Sanggaard, Carl Chr Danielsen, Lise Wogensen, Mads S Vinding, Louise M Rydtoft, Martin B Mortensen, Henrik Karring, Niels Chr Nielsen, Tobias Wang, Ida B Thøgersen, Jan J Enghild |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012
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