Bioinspiration: Applying mechanical design to experimental biology

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-132

  Flammang, Brooke E ^a   Porter, Marianne E ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMIMETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; METHODOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALS; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMIMETICS; MODELS, ANIMAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROBOTICS;

EID: 79960110138     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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