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A crayfish walked with the legs of each side on two separate motor-driven belts. Although the belts were driven with different speeds, the animal tried to synchronize the leg movements of both sides. The resulting effect can be described as relative coordination. The efficiency of coordination was strongly dependent on the ratio of frequencies between both sides, A model calculation is presented which is sufficient to describe the legs interactions.
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Müller, U. (1990). Contralateral Leg Coordination: Analysis of Curve Walking in Crayfish. In: Wiese, K., Krenz, WD., Tautz, J., Reichert, H., Mulloney, B. (eds) Frontiers in Crustacean Neurobiology. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5689-8_28
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