Flight-muscle polymorphism in the cricket Gryllus firmus: Muscle characteristics and their influence on the evolution of flightlessness

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 519-529

  Zera, Anthony J ^a   Sall, Jeffry ^a   Grudzinski, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

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GRYLLUS FIRMUS;

EID: 0031239772     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515865     Document Type: Article

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