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SUBMITTER: Saito K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4246297 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saito Kazuya K Yamamoto Shuhei S Maruyama Munetoshi M Okabe Yoji Y
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20141103 46
Foldable wings of insects are the ultimate deployable structures and have attracted the interest of aerospace engineering scientists as well as entomologists. Rove beetles are known to fold their wings in the most sophisticated ways that have right-left asymmetric patterns. However, the specific folding process and the reason for this asymmetry remain unclear. This study reveals how these asymmetric patterns emerge as a result of the folding process of rove beetles. A high-speed camera was used ...[more]