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Switchable Wettability of the Honeybee’s Tongue Surface Regulated by Erectable Glossal Hairs

Various nectarivorous animals apply bushy-hair-equipped tongues to lap nectar from nectaries of flowers. A typical example is provided by the Italian honeybee (Apis mellifera ligustica), who protracts and retracts its tongue (glossa) through a temporary tube, and actively controls the erectable glos...

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Publicado en:J Insect Sci
Autores principales: Chen, Ji, Wu, Jianing, Yan, Shaoze
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4671458/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26643560
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iev143
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