Butterfly proboscis: combining a drinking straw with a nanosponge facilitated diversification of feeding habits

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Journal of the Royal Society Interface

• Publication date

  2012-04-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Materials Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rsif.2011.0392PMID 21849382PMCID PMC3284131
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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