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GEOTROPIC ORIENTATION IN ARTHROPODS : I. MALACOSOMA LARVÆ.

The geotropic orientation of caterpillars of Malacosoma americana during progression upon a surface inclined at angle α to the horizontal is such that the path makes an average angle θ upward on the plane, of a magnitude proportional to log sin α. More precisely, the product (sin α) (sin θ) is const...

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Autores principales: Crozier, W. J., Stier, T. J. B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1928
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2141013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19872436