Microvillar orientation in the photoreceptors of the ant Cataglyphis bicolor

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 355-361

  Meyer, E P ^a   Domanico, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis bicolor; Compound eye; Formica polyctena (insecta); Photoreceptor cells; Polarized light detection; Rhabdom

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; COMPOUND EYE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE;

EID: 0033012425     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051242     Document Type: Article

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