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Nature 405, 17-18 (4 May 2000) | doi:10.1038/35011117

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Winging their way

R. McNeill Alexander1

Most animal species are insects, and the most conspicuous characteristic of the insects is that they fly. Research on insect flight has been held back by approaches that, with hindsight, seem crude and inappropriate, but the past two decades have brought many exciting advances.