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A New Helical Crossed-Fibre Structure of β-Keratin in Flight Feathers and Its Biomechanical Implications

The feather aerofoil is unequalled in nature. It is comprised of a central rachis, serial paired branches or barbs, from which arise further branches, the barbules. Barbs and barbules arise from the significantly thinner lateral walls (the epicortex) of the rachis and barbs respectively, as opposed...

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Main Authors: Lingham-Soliar, Theagarten, Murugan, Nelisha
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677936/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762440
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065849
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