The evolution of insect flight: Implications for the evolution of the nervous system

Kiisa C. Nishikawa

doi:10.1159/000113317

The evolution of insect flight: Implications for the evolution of the nervous system

Kiisa C. Nishikawa

Biological Sciences

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Abstract

The Insecta encompasses a prodigiously diverse group as measured at the species, family and ordinal levels, but the nervous system bears evidence of conservatism. The early acquisition of flight must have been a major factor in the diversification of body form. Arguments are presented that predator evasion was a primary factor in the origin of flight and that a conserved set of giant interneurons played a key element in the transition.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	8-12
Number of pages	5
Journal	Brain, behavior and evolution
Volume	50
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000113317
State	Published - Jan 1 1997

Keywords

Abdominal cerci
Arthropod phylogeny
Giant interneurons
Insect flight

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Developmental Neuroscience
Behavioral Neuroscience

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