Supporting Information: Convergent evolution of mechanically optimal locomotion in aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates
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Supporting Information: Convergent evolution of mechanically optimal locomotion in aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates Rahul Bale, Izaak D. Neveln, Amneet Pal Singh Bhalla, Malcolm A. MacIver1,2,3,∗, Neelesh A. Patankar1,∗ 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA 2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA 3 Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA ∗ E-mails: [email protected], [email protected]
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Convergent Evolution of Mechanically Optimal Locomotion in Aquatic Invertebrates and Vertebrates
Examples of animals evolving similar traits despite the absence of that trait in the last common ancestor, such as the wing and camera-type lens eye in vertebrates and invertebrates, are called cases of convergent evolution. Instances of convergent evolution of locomotory patterns that quantitatively agree with the mechanically optimal solution are very rare. Here, we show that, with respect to...
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