Butterfly proboscis and galeal sliding

Enjoy this research video of a butterfly's proboscis and its galeae sliding against one another. Research in this area could hold the secret to gene repair. Learn more below...

http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/butterflies-could-hold-key-to-probes-that-repair-genes/
 
http://www.clemson.edu/ces/kornevlab
 
http://www.clemson.edu/cafls/departments/biosci/faculty_staff/adler_p.html/

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