The photoreceptor localization confirms the spectral heterogeneity of ommatidia in the male small white butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora

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

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-88

  Qiu, X ^a   Arikawa, K ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color vision; Compound eye; Photoreceptor; Retina; Rhabdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037297376     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0380-0     Document Type: Article

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