Photoreceptor visual fields, ommatidial array, and receptor axon projections in the polarisation-sensitive dorsal rim area of the cricket compound eye

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-128

  Blum, M ^a   Labhart, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compound eye; Gryllus campestris; Optic lobe; Photoreceptors; Polarisation vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS CAMPESTRIS; INSECTA;

EID: 0034073985     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050012     Document Type: Article

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