Research article
A single muscle moves a crustacean limb joint rhythmically by acting against a spring containing resilin
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Correspondence: Malcolm Burrows mb135@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
BMC Biology 2009, 7:27 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-7-27
Published: 29 May 2009Additional files
Movie 1. Beating of the maxillipeds of the crab Carcinus maenas captured at a frame rate of 1000 s-1 and exposure time of 0.33 ms.
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Movie 2. Beating of the maxillipeds of the crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus captured at a frame rate of 1000 s-1 and exposure time of 0.33 ms.
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