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Controlling the fly's gyroscopes

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  • Roland Hengstenberg

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Biologische Kybernetik
    Institute for Advanced Study)

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How can a fly manoeuvre so artistically? Part of the answer lies in its halteres — 'gyroscopic' sense organs that tell the fly about its rotations in space. A study of these halteres now reveals that they are controlled in an unexpected way. The muscles that control the halteres are similar to those that control movement of the wings. Moreover, at least two of these muscles receive inputs from the visual system, and this may help to explain how the fly performs visually guided movements.

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  • Roland Hengstenberg, 1998. "Controlling the fly's gyroscopes," Nature, Nature, vol. 392(6678), pages 757-758, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:392:y:1998:i:6678:d:10.1038_33796
    DOI: 10.1038/33796
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