Morphological and Physiological Aspects of Mutable Collagenous Tissue at the Autotomy Plane of the Starfish <i>Asterias rubens</i> L. (Echinodermata, Asteroidea): An Echinoderm Paradigm
The mutable collagenous tissue (MCT) of echinoderms has the capacity to undergo changes in its tensile properties within a timescale of seconds under the control of the nervous system. All echinoderm autotomy (defensive self-detachment) mechanisms depend on the extreme destabilisation of mutable col...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-02-01
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| Series: | Marine Drugs |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/21/3/138 |