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Adaptive colour change and background choice behaviour in peppered moth caterpillars is mediated by extraocular photoreception

Light sensing by tissues distinct from the eye occurs in diverse animal groups, enabling circadian control and phototactic behaviour. Extraocular photoreceptors may also facilitate rapid colour change in cephalopods and lizards, but little is known about the sensory system that mediates slow colour...

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Autores principales: Eacock, Amy, Rowland, Hannah M., van’t Hof, Arjen E., Yung, Carl J., Edmonds, Nicola, Saccheri, Ilik J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31396566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0502-7

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