More information: Sasha N. Zill et al, Force sensing in small animals: recording response properties and modeling of tibial campaniform sensilla in blow flies, Journal of Neurophysiology (2025).

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THE general features of this study in insect anatomy have already been noticed (NATURE, vol. xliii. p. 77). Part II. describes the exoskeleton in considerable detail, and contains many useful and ...

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