Mechanics without muscle: biomechanical inspiration from the plant world.

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  2010

• Venue

  Integrative and Comparative Biology

• Publication date

  2010-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/icb/icq122PMID 21558248
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