Recovery of the flight system following ablation of the tegulae in immature adult locusts

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1395-1403

  Gee, Christine E ^a   Robertson, R Meldrum ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

development; functional recovery; insect; locust; Locusta migratoria; plasticity; proprioceptor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029829877     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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