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Horsefly object-directed polarotaxis is mediated by a stochastically distributed ommatidial subtype in the ventral retina

The ventral compound eye of many insects contains polarization-sensitive photoreceptors, but little is known about how they are integrated into visual functions. In female horseflies, polarized reflections from animal fur are a key stimulus for host detection. To understand how polarization vision i...

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Autores principales: Meglič, Andrej, Ilić, Marko, Pirih, Primož, Škorjanc, Aleš, Wehling, Martin F., Kreft, Marko, Belušič, Gregor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31591223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910807116