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ArticleScience advances2020

The Euler spiral of rat whiskers.

Eugene L Starostin, Robyn A Grant, Gary Dougill, Gert H M van der Heijden, Victor G A Goss

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Eugene L StarostinSchool of Engineering, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Rd., London SE1 0AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5849-2509
Robyn A GrantDivision of Biology and Conservation Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester St., Manchester M1 5GD, UK.
Gary DougillDivision of Biology and Conservation Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester St., Manchester M1 5GD, UK.
Gert H M van der HeijdenDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0720-5469
Victor G A GossSchool of Engineering, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Rd., London SE1 0AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9844-6737

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper reports on an analytical study of the intrinsic shapes of 523 whiskers from 15 rats. We show that the variety of whiskers on a rat's cheek, each of which has different lengths and shapes, can be described by a simple mathematical equation such that each whisker is represented as an interval on the Euler spiral. When all the representative curves of mystacial vibrissae for a single rat are assembled together, they span an interval extending from one coiled domain of the Euler spiral to the other. We additionally find that each whisker makes nearly the same angle of 47

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PMID31998835
PMCPMC6962041

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