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Dickinson, M.H. (2024). Animal flight: Fly gyros get a new spin.  Curr. Biol. 34(17): R818--RR821.
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A new study exploits genetic approaches available in Drosophila to record the neural activity within the specialized mechanosensory fields of halteres, the unique equilibrium organs of flies. The results challenge the traditional explanation for how these rapidly oscillating structures encode angular velocity during flight.
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Flies tune the activity of their multifunctional gyroscope.
Verbe et al., 2024, Curr. Biol. 34(16): 3644--3653.e3 [FBrf0260282]

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    Language of Publication
    English
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    Abbreviation
    Curr. Biol.
    Title
    Current Biology
    Publication Year
    1991-
    ISBN/ISSN
    0960-9822
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