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University of Massachusetts Amherst

Gecko Toe Pads

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Without decades of basic research on unusual animal adaptations, including the anatomy of gecko feet and toes, scientists would miss opportunities to develop innovations and applications of great potential benefit in medicine, agriculture, industry and technology, biologists argue.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst

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