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Specialized ommatidia of the polarization-sensitive dorsal rim area in the eye of monarch butterflies have non-functional reflecting tapeta

Many insects exploit sky light polarization for navigation or cruising-course control. The detection of polarized sky light is mediated by the ommatidia of a small specialized part of the compound eye: the dorsal rim area (DRA). We describe the morphology and fine structure of the DRA in monarch but...

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Autores principales: Labhart, Thomas, Baumann, Franziska, Bernard, Gary D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19876649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00441-009-0886-7

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