Serial elastic elements in the damselfly wing: Mobile vein joints contain resilin

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 552-555

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; RESILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FLYING; INSECT; JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; VEIN;

EID: 0032694389     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050674     Document Type: Article

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