Activation phase ensures kinematic efficacy in flight-steering muscles of Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-322

  Lehmann, F O ^a,b   Gotz K G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight control; Fly; Insect flight; Kinematics; Steering muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030249356     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00194985     Document Type: Article

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