Sexual dimorphism matches photoreceptor performance to behavioural requirements

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1457, 2000, Pages 2111-2117

  Hornstein, E P ^a   O'Carroll, D C ^a   Anderson, J C ^a   Laughlin, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency response; Housefly; Musca domestica; Photoreceptor; Sexual dimorphism; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FLY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; VISION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EYE TRACKING; HOUSE FLY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

DIPTERA;

EID: 0034703644     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1257     Document Type: Article

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