Abstract
Locust flight has often been used as an example in the long-standing argument over the organization of motor systems and over the relative importance of their central neural, sensory and mechanical components in the generation of rhythmic locomotory movements.
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Wendler, G. (1983). The Interaction of Peripheral and Central Components in Insect Locomotion. In: Huber, F., Markl, H. (eds) Neuroethology and Behavioral Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69271-0_4
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