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Leg Specialization

Leg Specialization is a morphological adaptation of the arthropod leg that modifies its structure and function for a specific ecological or behavioral role, distinguishing it from generalized walking legs within the same organism.

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Authors

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2017–2026

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Publications

9

Asymmetry of Leg Use During Prey Handling in the Spider Scytodes globula (Scytodidae)

César Ades, Eduardo Novaes Ramires · Journal of Insect Behavior · 2002 · 105 citations

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Sexually dimorphic legs in a neotropical harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones): Ornament or weapon?

Rodrigo Hirata Willemart, Francini Osses, Marie‐Claire Chelini et al. · Behavioural Processes · 2008 · 76 citations

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Leg autotomy in a spider has minimal costs in competitive ability and development

S.A. Johnson, Elizabeth M. Jakob · Animal Behaviour · 1999 · 74 citations

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Altered geometry of webs in spiders with regenerated legs

Fritz Vollrath · Nature · 1987 · 71 citations

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Physical Restraint or Stimulation? The Function(s) of the Modified Front Legs of Male Archisepsis diversiformis (Diptera, Sepsidae)

William G. Eberhard · Journal of Insect Behavior · 2002 · 50 citations

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Authors

27

  1. LM
    Lisa M. Nagy

    University of Arizona, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  2. NS
    Nicholas S. Szczecinski

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. PA
    Patricia A. Fleming

    Murdoch University, Australia

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  4. RH
    Renita Ho

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. GM
    G. M. Oza

    Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India

    1 publications · 29 citations

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Institutions

16

  1. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    60 citations

  3. West Virginia University

    Morgantown, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  4. Ohio University

    Athens, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    228 citations

  6. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

    Vadodara, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    1 publications · 74 citations

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  2. Development Genes and Evolution

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  3. Current Biology

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. Biology Letters

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  5. Nature

    1 publications · 71 citations

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