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Specialized bat tongue is a hemodynamic nectar mop

Nectarivorous birds and bats have evolved highly specialized tongues to gather nectar from flowers. Here, we show that a nectar-feeding bat, Glossophaga soricina, uses dynamic erectile papillae to collect nectar. In G. soricina, the tip of the tongue is covered with long filamentous papillae and res...

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Main Authors: Harper, Cally J., Swartz, Sharon M., Brainerd, Elizabeth L.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2013
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670378/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23650382
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1222726110
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