Evolution of the dragonfly head-arresting system

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1418, 1999, Pages 525-535

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cuticle; Evolution; Head neck articulation; Microtrichia; Odonata

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; EVOLUTION; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NECK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ARTHROPODA; EPIOPHLEBIIDAE; GOMPHIDAE; NEOPETALIIDAE; ODONATA; PETALURIDAE; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0033531456     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0668     Document Type: Article

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