A universal scaling law of mammalian touch

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A universal scaling law of mammalian touch. / Andrews, James; Adams, Mike; Montenegro-Johnson, Tom.

In: Science Advances, Vol. 6, No. 41, eabb6912, 09.10.2020.

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Andrews, J, Adams, M & Montenegro-Johnson, T 2020, 'A universal scaling law of mammalian touch', Science Advances, vol. 6, no. 41, eabb6912. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6912

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Andrews, J., Adams, M., & Montenegro-Johnson, T. (2020). A universal scaling law of mammalian touch. Science Advances, 6(41), [eabb6912]. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6912

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Andrews J, Adams M, Montenegro-Johnson T. A universal scaling law of mammalian touch. Science Advances. 2020 Oct 9;6(41). eabb6912. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6912

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Andrews, James ; Adams, Mike ; Montenegro-Johnson, Tom. / A universal scaling law of mammalian touch. In: Science Advances. 2020 ; Vol. 6, No. 41.

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