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Zebra stripes, tabanid biting flies and the aperture effect
Of all hypotheses advanced for why zebras have stripes, avoidance of biting fly attack receives by far the most support, yet the mechanisms by which stripes thwart landings are not yet understood. A logical and popular hypothesis is that stripes interfere with optic flow patterns needed by flying in...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7482270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32811316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1521 |