Mechanics of biting in great white and sandtiger sharks.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Journal of Biomechanics

• Publication date

  2011-02-03

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.09.028PMID 21129747
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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