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Biomechanical properties of predator-induced body armour in the freshwater crustacean Daphnia

The freshwater crustacean Daphnia is known for its ability to develop inducible morphological defences that thwart predators. These defences are developed only in the presence of predators and are realized as morphological shape alterations e.g. ‘neckteeth’ in D. pulex and ‘crests’ in D. longicephal...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Kruppert, Sebastian, Horstmann, Martin, Weiss, Linda C., Witzel, Ulrich, Schaber, Clemens F., Gorb, Stanislav N., Tollrian, Ralph
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5575280/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28851950
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09649-5
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