AUTOTOMY, REGENERATION AND NATURAL SELECTION
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Tail autotomy and subsequent regeneration alter the mechanics of locomotion in lizards.
Animals can undergo significant weight change for a variety of reasons. Autotomy, the voluntary shedding of an appendage in response to a predator stimulus, provides an effective model for measuring the effects of rapid weight change on locomotor behavior and the responses to more gradual weight gain, particularly in lizards capable of both autotomizing and regenerating their tail. Although the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 1904
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.20.500.149-a