Retinal ultrastructure of the dorsal eye region of Pararge aegeria (Linne) (Lepidoptera: Satyridae)

International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-315

  Hämmerle, Barbara ^a,b   Kolb, Gertrud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compound eye; dorsal rim area; large dorsal region; perception of linearly polarized light

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030184024     PISSN: 00207322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7322(96)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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