ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2023
Three-dimensional kinematics of leaf-cutter ant mandibles: not all dicondylic joints are simple hinges.
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- Behavioural biomechanics: leaf-cutter ant cutting behaviour depends on leaf edge geometry.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Large deformation diffeomorphic mapping of 3D shape variation reveals two distinct mandible and head capsule morphs inEcology and evolution · 2024Article
- Three-dimensional kinematics of leaf-cutter ant mandibles: not all dicondylic joints are simple hinges.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- The feeding apparatus of ants: an overview of structure and function.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Review
- Introduction: food processing and nutritional assimilation in animals.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Insects use their mandibles for a variety of tasks, including food processing, material transport, nest building, brood care, and fighting. Despite this functional diversity, mandible motion is typically thought to be constrained to rotation about a single fixed axis. Here, we conduct a direct quantitative test of this 'hinge joint hypothesis' in a species that uses its mandibles for a wide range of tasks:
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