Anatomy of the hind legs and actions of their muscles during jumping in leafhopper insects

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3590-3600

  Burrows, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Motor pattern; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEMIPTERA; HISTOLOGY; JOINT; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; HEMIPTERA; JOINTS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLES; PROPRIOCEPTION;

CICADELLIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 35649019439     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009100     Document Type: Article

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