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Structure, function and evolution of insect flight muscle

Insects, the largest group of animals on the earth, owe their prosperity to their ability of flight and small body sizes. The ability of flight provided means for rapid translocation. The small body size allowed access to unutilized niches. By acquiring both features, however, insects faced a new pr...

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Autor principal: Iwamoto, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Biophysical Society of Japan (BSJ) 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5036774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27857589
http://dx.doi.org/10.2142/biophysics.7.21