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Role of stag beetle jaw bending and torsion in grip on rivals

In aggressive battles, the extremely large male stag beetle jaws have to withstand strongly elevated bite forces. We found several adaptations of the male Cyclommatus metallifer jaw morphology for enhanced robustness that conspecific females lack. As a result, males improve their grip on opponents a...

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Publicado no:J R Soc Interface
Main Authors: Goyens, Jana, Dirckx, Joris, Piessen, Maxim, Aerts, Peter
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: The Royal Society 2016
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4759789/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26763329
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0768
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