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INTERACTING GEARS SYNCHRONIZE PROPULSIVE LEG MOVEMENTS IN A JUMPING INSECT

Gears are found rarely in animals and have never been reported to intermesh and rotate functionally like mechanical gears. We now demonstrate functional gears in the ballistic jumping movements of the flightless planthopper insect Issus. The nymphs, but not adults, have a row of cuticular gear (cog) teeth around the More

Science 13 September 2013:
Vol. 341 no. 6151 pp. 1254-1256