... capture Stereotypy Feeding mechanics Coefficient of variation Motor patterns Complex functional traits, such as feeding and locomotion, involve the coordinated movements of several components of the musculoskeletal system ( Alexander, 2003 ; Biewener, 2003 ; Svanbäck et al., 2002...

.... The present study integrates new data on hindlimb muscle function with previously obtained data on hindlimb kinematics, motor patterns, ground reaction forces and bone strain in order to (1) assess mechanisms underlying limb bone torsion during non-parasagittal locomotion in alligators and (2) improve...

...C. Duch; H. J. Pflüger ABSTRACT The motor patterns of the locust’s flexor tibiae and metathoracic subcoxal joint muscles were compared during unrestrained horizontal walking, vertical climbing and walking upside-down hanging from a branch. Combining anatomical and structural data with the results...

...) Are motor patterns conserved across the four species? (2) Do the fishes alter (modulate) muscle activity patterns when feeding on different prey types? The experimental design used allowed the partitioning of variance in EMG variables among species, among individuals within species, among days within...

..., 1983 ). Alterations in wing movements, Key words: flight muscle, Manduca , muscle ultrastructure, motor patterns, insect muscle. angle of attack and deformation of the wing, particularly asymmetries of the two sides, result in turning (for a review, see Kammer, 1985 ). The mechanisms underlying...

... of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 26 06 1986 © 1987 by Company of Biologists 1987 escape behaviour homology invertebrate motor patterns In the previous paper ( Dumont & Wine, 1986a ), we identified components of the telson flexor neuromuscular...