Effect of magnetically simulated zero-gravity and enhanced gravity on the walk of the common fruitfly

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 72, 2012, Pages 1438-1449

  Hill, Richard J A ^a   Larkin, Oliver J ^a   Dijkstra, Camelia E ^a   Manzano, Ana I ^b   De Juan, Emilio ^c   Davey, Michael R ^a   Anthony, Paul ^a   Eaves, Laurence ^a   Medina, F Javier ^b   Marco, Roberto ^d   Herranz, Raul ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diamagnetic levitation; Diffusion; Drosophila melanogaster; Microgravity; Motility

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; DIAMAGNETIC LEVITATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EARTH ORBITS; EARTH'S SURFACE; ENHANCED GRAVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRUIT FLIES; MEAN SQUARE; MOTILITY; NORMAL GRAVITIES; ON THE FLIES; PREPARATION PROCEDURES; SIMULATED WEIGHTLESSNESS; SPACE MISSIONS; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUPERCONDUCTING SOLENOIDS; WALKING PATHS; ZERO GRAVITY;

SPACE FLIGHT;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GRAVITY; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; SUPERCONDUCTOR; WALKING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 84863586197     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0715     Document Type: Article

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