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Dynamic adhesion in animals: mechanisms and biomimetic implications

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Acknowledgments

The symposium organiser (WJPB) acknowledges financial support from Continental AG, Hannover, Germany. This was used to defray speakers’ expenses.

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  1. Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK

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This collection of papers originates from a symposium entitled “Adhesion in vertebrates—mechanisms and biomimetic applications” organised as part of the 7th international congress of vertebrate morphology held in Boca Raton, Florida. To provide a wider view of dynamic adhesion, additional papers on invertebrate animals have been added to the contributions of the symposium speakers.

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Barnes, W.J.P. Dynamic adhesion in animals: mechanisms and biomimetic implications. J Comp Physiol A 192, 1165–1168 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-006-0144-3

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