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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |