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One of the major topics of neuroethological studies in insects is the analysis of the motor pattern underlying flight. This has been carried out most successfully with the flight of locusts, a great deal of the progress being the result of the excellent work of The late D.M. Wilson and his co-workers (summary, see Wilson 1968; Hoyle 1970). It is now quite well established that the flight pattern is centrally programmed and that peripheral influences can change the flight motor programme only slightly. It is assumed that the flight pattern is based ultimately on the activity of the central rhythm generator, the so-called “flight oscillator”.
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Kutsch, W. (1974). The Development of the Flight Pattern in Locusts. In: Barton Browne, L. (eds) Experimental Analysis of Insect Behaviour. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86666-1_11
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