Ciliary hair cells and cuticular photoreceptor of the hornet Vespa orientalis as components of a gravity detecting system: An SEM/TEM investigation

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-75

  Jongebloed, Willem L ^a   Rosenzweig, Eyal ^b   Kalicharan, Dharamdajal ^a   Van Der Want, Johannes J L ^a   Ishay, Jacob S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cilia; FE SEM; Hornet; Navigation; Non coating; Photoreceptors; TEM

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; VESPA ORIENTALIS; VESPIDAE;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; VISION;

CELL CONFIGURATIONS; CELL TYPES; CILIUM; DETECTING SYSTEMS; HAIR CELLS; HORNET; NON-COATING; PHOTORECEPTOR; SUB-UNITS; TEM;

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033021723     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023652     Document Type: Article

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