There are two general hypotheses for the neural basis of rhythmic behavior such as locust flight, the peripheral-control hypothesis and the central pattern generator hypothesis. The removal of sensory input from mechanoreceptors on the wings of locusts to their central nervous system resulted in A) support for the central pattern generator hypothesis. B) support for the peripheral-control hypothesis. C) the species typical flight pattern, but with a significantly increased frequency of wing beats. D) the species typical flight pattern, as long as their wing and thoracic muscles remained intact.

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The removal of sensory input from mechanoreceptors supports the central pattern generator hypothesis because it shows that rhythmic behaviors like flight can still be generated without peripheral sensory feedback, indicating an internal, central mechanism is responsible for the pattern generation.

There Are Two General Hypotheses for the Neural Basis of Rhythmic