A specialized dorsal rim area for polarized light detection in the compound eye of the scarab beetle Pachysoma striatum

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-216

  Dacke, M ^a   Nordstrom P ^a   Scholtz, C H ^b   Warrant, E J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Compound eye; Polarized light detection; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0036557654     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0295-9     Document Type: Article

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