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SUBMITTER: Zeng Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5206595 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zeng Yu Y Lam Kenrick K Chen Yuexiang Y Gong Mengsha M Xu Zheyuan Z Dudley Robert R
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Numerous wingless arthropods as well as diverse vertebrates are capable of mid-air righting. We studied the biomechanics of the aerial righting reflex in first-instar nymphs of the stick insect <i>Extatosoma tiaratum</i>. After being released upside-down, insects reoriented dorsoventrally and stabilized body posture via active modulation of limb positions and associated aerodynamic torques. We identified specific reflexes for bilaterally asymmetric leg displacements which elicit body rotation an ...[more]