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On Heels and Toes: How Ants Climb with Adhesive Pads and Tarsal Friction Hair Arrays
Ants are able to climb effortlessly on vertical and inverted smooth surfaces. When climbing, their feet touch the substrate not only with their pretarsal adhesive pads but also with dense arrays of fine hairs on the ventral side of the 3(rd) and 4(th) tarsal segments. To understand what role these d...
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| Published in: | PLoS One |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641605/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26559941 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141269 |
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