Stretch-induced force bursts simplify stick insects’ leg swing
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Quadrupedal gaits in hexapod animals - inter-leg coordination in free-walking adult stick insects.
The analysis of inter-leg coordination in insect walking is generally a study of six-legged locomotion. For decades, the stick insect Carausius morosus has been instrumental for unravelling the rules and mechanisms that control leg coordination in hexapeds. We analysed inter-leg coordination in C. morosus that freely walked on straight paths on plane surfaces with different slopes. Consecutive ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.192666