Kinematic and behavioral evidence for a distinction between trotting and ambling gaits in the cockroach Blaberus discoidalis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2057-2064

  Bender, John A ^a   Simpson, Elaine M ^a   Tietz, Brian R ^b   Daltorio, Kathryn A ^b   Quinn, Roger D ^b   Ritzmann, Roy E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cockroach; Gait; Locomotion; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COCKROACH; GAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COCKROACHES; GAIT; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; BLABERUS DISCOIDALIS; BLATTARIA;

EID: 79957629810     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.056481     Document Type: Article

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