Ultrastructure and orientation of ommatidia in the dorsal rim area of the locust compound eye

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-280

  Homberg, Uwe ^a   Paech, Agnes ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

e Vector detection; Insect vision; Photoreceptor cell; Polarized light; Schistocerca gregaria; Sky compass navigation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPOUND EYE; FEMALE; LOCUST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; POLARIZATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

INSECTA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0036083544     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1467-8039(02)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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