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Functionally Different Pads on the Same Foot Allow Control of Attachment: Stick Insects Have Load-Sensitive “Heel” Pads for Friction and Shear-Sensitive “Toe” Pads for Adhesion

Stick insects (Carausius morosus) have two distinct types of attachment pad per leg, tarsal “heel” pads (euplantulae) and a pre-tarsal “toe” pad (arolium). Here we show that these two pad types are specialised for fundamentally different functions. When standing upright, stick insects rested on thei...

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Main Authors: Labonte, David, Federle, Walter
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859514/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349156
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081943
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