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SUBMITTER: Muijres FT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5206612 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Muijres Florian T FT Iwasaki Nicole A NA Elzinga Michael J MJ Melis Johan M JM Dickinson Michael H MH
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Using high-speed videography, we investigated how fruit flies compensate for unilateral wing damage, in which loss of area on one wing compromises both weight support and roll torque equilibrium. Our results show that flies control for unilateral damage by rolling their body towards the damaged wing and by adjusting the kinematics of both the intact and damaged wings. To compensate for the reduction in vertical lift force due to damage, flies elevate wingbeat frequency. Because this rise in freq ...[more]