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. 2021 Oct 25;31(20):R1395-R1397.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.015.

Insect locomotion: Flies show you how to stay on course

Manuel Zimmer  1
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Insect locomotion: Flies show you how to stay on course

Manuel Zimmer. Curr Biol. .
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Walking animals are faced with making a trade-off between maintaining a stable posture and gait and pursuing other goals such as keeping a straight path. A new study on exploratory walking in flies provides a sophisticated quantitative account of this behavioural problem, with some intriguing discoveries.

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