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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 en: | J R Soc Interface |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Formato: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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The Royal Society
2016
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| Acceso en liña: | 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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