Functional significance of morphological variation in the mechanosensory lateral line system of fishes and its biomimetic potential

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 10, March 2026. <br/>SignificanceNeuromast sensory organs of the lateral line system allow all fishes (and aquatic amphibians) to detect water flows enabling formulation of behaviors critical for survival. A computational model was designed to ask how known variation in …