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Wing Attachment Structures

Wing Attachment Structures is a morphological construct in insect anatomy that comprises specialized cuticular and muscular components at the thoracic segments, serving to anchor and articulate wings to the exoskeleton, thereby enabling controlled flight and wing movement.

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45

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27

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2017–2026

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Spanwise flow and the attachment of the leading-edge vortex on insect wings

James M. Birch, Michael H. Dickinson · Nature · 2001 · 699 citations

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Ultrastructural architecture and mechanical properties of attachment pads in Tettigonia viridissima (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae)

Stanislav N. Gorb, Yuekan Jiao, Matthias Scherge · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 2000 · 211 citations

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A revised interpretation of the evolution of attachment structures in Hexapoda with special emphasis on Mantophasmatodea

Rolf G. Beutel, Stanislav N. Gorb · Brain Research · 2006 · 179 citations

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A revised interpretation of attachment structures in Hexapoda with special emphasis on Mantophasmatodea

Rolf G. Beutel, Stanislav N. Gorb · Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny · 2006 · 170 citations · Full text

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Form and function in corrugated insect wings

CHRISTOPHER J. C. REES · Nature · 1975 · 168 citations

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Authors

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  1. SN
    Stanislav N. Gorb

    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

    6 publications · 759 citations

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  2. RG
    Rolf G. Beutel

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

    4 publications · 446 citations

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  3. MS
    Matthias Scherge

    Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Germany

    1 publications · 211 citations

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  4. WN
    Werner Nachtigall

    Saarland University, Germany

    1 publications · 68 citations

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  5. CE
    C. E. BRETT

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    1 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

27

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    Jena, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    401 citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

    Tübingen, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    524 citations

  4. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    349 citations

  5. Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    699 citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

    Jena, Germany

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    135 citations

  7. I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology

    Kyiv, Ukraine

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    198 citations

  8. University of Siegen

    Siegen, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    98 citations

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Venues

  1. Nature

    2 publications · 867 citations

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  2. Journal of Morphology

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  3. Arthropod Structure & Development

    2 publications · 151 citations

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  4. Journal of Comparative Physiology A

    1 publications · 211 citations

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  5. Cladistics

    1 publications · 45 citations

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