Kinematic diversity suggests expanded roles for fly halteres.
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SUBMITTER: Hall JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4685551 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
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Kinematic diversity suggests expanded roles for fly halteres.
Hall Joshua M JM McLoughlin Dane P DP Kathman Nicholas D ND Yarger Alexandra M AM Mureli Shwetha S Fox Jessica L JL
Biology letters 20151101 11
The halteres of flies are mechanosensory organs that provide information about body rotations during flight. We measured haltere movements in a range of fly taxa during free walking and tethered flight. We find a diversity of wing-haltere phase relationships in flight, with higher variability in more ancient families and less in more derived families. Diverse haltere movements were observed during free walking and were correlated with phylogeny. We predicted that haltere removal might decrease b ...[more]
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