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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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Publié dans:J R Soc Interface
Auteurs principaux: Goyens, Jana, Dirckx, Joris, Piessen, Maxim, Aerts, Peter
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: The Royal Society 2016
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Accès en ligne: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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