Body saccades of Drosophila consist of stereotyped banked turns

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 864-875

  Muijres, Florian T ^a,b   Elzinga, Michael J ^a   Iwasaki, Nicole A ^a   Dickinson, Michael H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Biomechanics; Flapping wing; Flight control; Insect; Maneuvering flight; Wingbeat kinematics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA; FLYING; FORELIMB; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TORQUE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SACCADES; TORQUE; VIDEO RECORDING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WING;

DROSOPHILA HYDEI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84963952129     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.114280     Document Type: Article

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