Why the chameleon has spiral-shaped muscle fibres in its tongue

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1353, 1997, Pages 573-589

  Van Leeuwen, Johan L ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 0030859369     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0039     Document Type: Article

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