Fourier analysis of wing beat signals: assessing the effects of genetic alterations of flight muscle structure in Diptera.

doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(94)80582-X

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Fourier analysis of wing beat signals: assessing the effects of genetic alterations of flight muscle structure in Diptera.

Biophysical journal - 1 Sept 1994

Hyatt C J, Maughan D W

Abstract excerpt

A method for determining and analyzing the wing beat frequency in Diptera is presented. This method uses an optical tachometer to measure Diptera wing movement during flight. The resulting signal from the optical measurement is analyzed using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) technique, and the domi...

Topics

Animals
Biophysical Phenomena
Biophysics
Diptera
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Flight, Animal
Fourier Analysis
Male
Muscle, Skeletal
Mutation
Myosins
Optics and Photonics
Protein Engineering
Wings, Animal

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