Asymmetric toes aid underwater swimming

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6804, 2000, Pages 582-583

  Johansson, L Christoffer ^a   Lindhe Norberg, Ulla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; FOOT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TOE;

ANIMAL; BIRDS; SWIMMING; TOES;

EID: 0034609788     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35036689     Document Type: Article

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