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SUBMITTER: Birn-Jeffery AV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4272200 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Birn-Jeffery Aleksandra V AV Higham Timothy E TE
Biology letters 20141001 10
Geckos employ their adhesive system when moving up an incline, but the directionality of the system may limit function on downhill surfaces. Here, we use a generalist gecko to test whether limb modulation occurs on downhill slopes to allow geckos to take advantage of their adhesive system. We examined three-dimensional limb kinematics for geckos moving up and down a 45° slope. Remarkably, the hind limbs were rotated posteriorly on declines, resulting in digit III of the pes facing a more posteri ...[more]