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Learning from Northern clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus): bioinspired suction cups attach to rough surfaces by Ditsche, Petra, Summers, Adam

“…While artificial suction cups only attach well to smooth surfaces, the Northern clingfish can attach to surfaces ranging from nanoscale smooth to rough stone…”
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The effects of soft and rough substrates on suction-based adhesion by Huie, Jonathan M, Summers, Adam P

“…The northern clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus) has a suction-based adhesive disc that can stick to incredibly rough surfaces, a challenge for stiff commercial…”
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Attachment to challenging substrates--fouling, roughness and limits of adhesion in the northern clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus) by Ditsche, Petra, Wainwright, Dylan K, Summers, Adam P

“…Northern clingfish use a ventral suction disc to stick to rough substrates in the intertidal zone. Bacteria, algae and invertebrates grow on these surfaces…”
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Shark spiral intestines may operate as Tesla valves by Leigh, Samantha C., Summers, Adam P., Hoffmann, Sarah L., German, Donovan P.

“…Looking to nature for inspiration has led to many diverse technological advances. The spiral valve intestine of sharks has provided the opportunity to observe…”
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Fishing out a feeding paradox by Kruppert, Sebastian, Summers, Adam P.

“…If an animal’s body shape is specialized in a way that aids feeding on specific organisms, does this restrict what the animal can prey on? An observation of…”
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2D or Not 2D? Testing the Utility of 2D Vs. 3D Landmark Data in Geometric Morphometrics of the Sculpin Subfamily Oligocottinae (Pisces; Cottoidea) by Buser, Thaddaeus J., Sidlauskas, Brian L., Summers, Adam P.

“…ABSTRACT We contrast 2D vs. 3D landmark‐based geometric morphometrics in the fish subfamily Oligocottinae by using 3D landmarks from CT‐generated models and…”
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SlicerMorph: An open and extensible platform to retrieve, visualize and analyse 3D morphology by Rolfe, Sara, Pieper, Steve, Porto, Arthur, Diamond, Kelly, Winchester, Julie, Shan, Shan, Kirveslahti, Henry, Boyer, Doug, Summers, Adam, Maga, A. Murat

“…Large‐scale digitization projects such as #ScanAllFishes and oVert are generating high‐resolution microCT scans of vertebrates by the thousands. Data from…”
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Aquatic versus terrestrial attachment: Water makes a difference by Ditsche, Petra, Summers, Adam P

“…Animal attachment to a substrate is very different in terrestrial and aquatic environments. We discuss variations in both the forces acting to detach animals…”
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Stick tight: suction adhesion on irregular surfaces in the northern clingfish by Wainwright, Dylan K., Kleinteich, Thomas, Kleinteich, Anja, Gorb, Stanislav N., Summers, Adam P.

“…The northern clingfish, Gobiesox maeandricus, is able to adhere to slippery, fouled and irregular surfaces in the marine intertidal environment. We have found…”
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Not your father’s homodonty—stress, tooth shape, and the functional homodont by Cohen, Karly E., Weller, Hannah I., Summers, Adam P.

“…Teeth tell the tale of interactions between predator and prey. If a dental battery is made up of teeth that look similar, they are morphologically homodont,…”
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The Evolutionary Continuum of Functional Homodonty to Heterodonty in the Dentition of Halichoeres Wrasses by Cohen, Karly E, Weller, Hannah I, Westneat, Mark W, Summers, Adam P

“…Synopsis Vertebrate dentitions are often collapsed into a few discrete categories, obscuring both potentially important functional differences between them and…”
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Catalysis in Extreme Field Environments: A Case Study of Strongly Ionized SiO 2 Nanoparticle Surfaces by Linker, Thomas M, Dagar, Ritika, Feinberg, Alexandra, Sahel-Schackis, Samuel, Nomura, Ken-Ichi, Nakano, Aiichiro, Shimojo, Fuyuki, Vashishta, Priya, Bergmann, Uwe, Kling, Matthias F, Summers, Adam M

“…High electric fields can significantly alter catalytic environments and the resultant chemical processes. Such fields arise naturally in biological systems but…”
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Catalysis in Extreme Field Environments: A Case Study of Strongly Ionized SiO2 Nanoparticle Surfaces by Linker, Thomas M., Dagar, Ritika, Feinberg, Alexandra, Sahel-Schackis, Samuel, Nomura, Ken-ichi, Nakano, Aiichiro, Shimojo, Fuyuki, Vashishta, Priya, Bergmann, Uwe, Kling, Matthias F., Summers, Adam M.

“…High electric fields can significantly alter catalytic environments and the resultant chemical processes. Such fields arise naturally in biological systems but…”
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Sticky, stickier and stickiest - a comparison of adhesive performance in clingfish, lumpsuckers and snailfish by Huie, Jonathan M, Wainwright, Dylan K, Summers, Adam P, Cohen, Karly E

“…The coastal waters of the North Pacific are home to the northern clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus), Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis) and marbled…”
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Freshwater Habitats Promote Rapid Rates of Phenotypic Evolution in Sculpin Fishes (Perciformes: Cottoidea) by Buser, Thaddaeus J, Larouche, Olivier, Aguilar, Andres, Neves, Mayara P, Sandel, Michael W, Sidlauskas, Brian L, Summers, Adam P, Evans, Kory M

“…AbstractInvasions of freshwater habitats by marine fishes provide exceptional cases of habitat-driven biological diversification. Freshwater habitats make up…”
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Dual spring force couples yield multifunctionality and ultrafast, precision rotation in tiny biomechanical systems by Sutton, Gregory P., St Pierre, Ryan, Kuo, Chi-Yun, Summers, Adam P., Bergbreiter, Sarah, Cox, Suzanne, Patek, S. N.

“…ABSTRACT Small organisms use propulsive springs rather than muscles to repeatedly actuate high acceleration movements, even when constrained to tiny…”
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Biomechanics of the jaws of spotted ratfish by Herbert, Amanda M., Dean, Mason N., Summers, Adam P., Wilga, Cheryl D.

“…ABSTRACT Elasmobranch fishes (sharks, skates and rays) consume prey of a variety of sizes and properties, and the feeding mechanism typically reflects diet…”
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Interplay of pulse duration, peak intensity, and particle size in laser-driven electron emission from silica nanospheres by Powell, Jeffrey A., Summers, Adam M., Liu, Qingcao, Robatjazi, Seyyed Javad, Rupp, Philipp, Stierle, Johannes, Trallero-Herrero, Carlos, Kling, Matthias F., Rudenko, Artem

“…We present the results of a systematic study of photoelectron emission from isolated dielectric nanoparticles (SiO2) irradiated by intense 25 fs, 780 nm…”
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Gene expression profiling of bovine ovarian follicular and luteal cells provides insight into cellular identities and functions by Romereim, Sarah M., Summers, Adam F., Pohlmeier, William E., Zhang, Pan, Hou, Xiaoying, Talbott, Heather A., Cushman, Robert A., Wood, Jennifer R., Davis, John S., Cupp, Andrea S.

“…After ovulation, somatic cells of the ovarian follicle (theca and granulosa cells) become the small and large luteal cells of the corpus luteum. Aside from…”
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How rugose can you go? Spiny Agonidae armour decreases boundary layer separation by Vandenberg, Megan L, Hawkins, Olivia H, Chier, Eric, Kahane-Rapport, Shirel R, Summers, Adam P, Donatelli, Cassandra M

“…Abstract Armour has been present in vertebrates for millions of years and has evolved independently several times in the ray finned fishes. While armour is…”
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