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Limitations of learning in the proboscis reflex of the flower visiting syrphid fly Eristalis tenax

Flower visiting Eristalis hoverflies feed on nectar and pollen and are known to rely on innate colour preferences. In addition to a preference for visiting yellow flowers, the flies possess an innate proboscis reflex elicited by chemical as well as yellow colour stimuli. In this study we show that t...

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Autores principales: Lunau, Klaus, An, Lina, Donda, Miriam, Hohmann, Michele, Sermon, Leonie, Stegmanns, Vanessa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5860702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29558491
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194167