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Flight efficiency is a key to diverse wing morphologies in small insects

Insect wings are hybrid structures that are typically composed of veins and solid membranes. In some of the smallest flying insects, however, the wing membrane is replaced by hair-like bristles attached to a solid root. Bristles and membranous wing surfaces coexist in small but not in large insect s...

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Autores principales: Engels, Thomas, Kolomenskiy, Dmitry, Lehmann, Fritz-Olaf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8526166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34665973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0518