Resilin in dragonfly and damselfly wings and its implications for wing flexibility

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1409-1421

  Donoughe, Seth ^a   Crall, James D ^b   Merz, Rachel A ^c   Combes, Stacey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight; Odonata; Resilin; Wing flexural stiffness; Wings

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; RESILIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLASSIFICATION; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CLASSIFICATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; WING;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HEXAPODA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 81155122972     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10992     Document Type: Article

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