Performance trade-offs in the flight initiation of Drosophila

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-353

  Card, Gwyneth ^a   Dickinson, Michael ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology HHMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Escape response; Giant fiber

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCAPE REACTION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 40449103807     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.012682     Document Type: Article

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