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Suction-based propulsion as a basis for efficient animal swimming

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Convergent Evolution of Mechanically Optimal Locomotion in Aquatic Invertebrates and Vertebrates

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Separability of drag and thrust in undulatory animals and machines

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An algorithm to estimate unsteady and quasi-steady pressure fields from velocity field measurements

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Passive energy recapture in jellyfish contributes to propulsive advantage over other metazoans

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A Forced Damped Oscillation Framework for Undulatory Swimming Provides New Insights into How Propulsion Arises in Active and Passive Swimming

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Body dynamics and hydrodynamics of swimming fish larvae: a computational study

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Biomimetic and Live Medusae Reveal the Mechanistic Advantages of a Flexible Bell Margin

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Mechanisms underlying rhythmic locomotion: body-fluid interaction in undulatory swimming

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Aerodynamic performance of a hovering hawkmoth with flexible wings: a computational approach

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Vortexlet models of flapping flexible wings show tuning for force production and control

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Regenerated synapses in lamprey spinal cord are sparse and small even after functional recovery from injury

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A wake-based correlate of swimming performance and foraging behavior in seven co-occurring jellyfish species

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Interactions between internal forces, body stiffness, and fluid environment in a neuromechanical model of lamprey swimming

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Hydrodynamics of pulsed jetting in juvenile and adult brief squid Lolliguncula brevis: evidence of multiple jet `modes' and their implications for propulsive efficiency

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Undulatory Swimming in Sand: Subsurface Locomotion of the Sandfish Lizard

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Optimal flexibility of a flapping appendage in an inviscid fluid

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