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Asymmetric ommatidia count and behavioural lateralization in the ant Temnothorax albipennis

Workers of the house-hunting ant Temnothorax albipennis rely on visual edge following and landmark recognition to navigate their rocky environment, and they also exhibit a leftward turning bias when exploring unknown nest sites. We used electron microscopy to count the number of ommatidia composing...

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Autores principales: Hunt, Edmund R., Dornan, Ciara, Sendova-Franks, Ana B., Franks, Nigel R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29643429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23652-4