Regional specialization in the eye of the sphingid moth Manduca sexta: Blue sensitivity of the ventral retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 523-526

  Bennett, Ruth R ^a   White, Richard H ^a   Meadows, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue sensitive photoreceptors; Feeding behavior; Manduca sexta; Retina

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031148412     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800012177     Document Type: Article

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