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Passive muscle forces in Drosophila are large but insufficient to support a flys weight
Ninghan Wang, Hélène Babski, Jonathan Elliot Perdomo…·Vikas Bhandawat
The paper measures passive torques in Drosophila leg joints and finds they are large but insufficient to support the fly's weight.
DOI 10.1101/2025.04.29.651225