Motor patterns associated with crawling in a soft-bodied arthropod

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2303-2309

  Simon, Michael A ^a   Fusillo, Steven J ^a   Colman, Kara ^a   Trimmer, Barry A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect; Kinematics; Locomotion; Manduca sexta; Motor pattern

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; MANDUCA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; LOCOMOTION; MANDUCA; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 77953565570     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.039206     Document Type: Article

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