A 'bright zone' in male hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) eyes and associated faster motion detection and increased contrast sensitivity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 4339-4354

  Straw, Andrew D ^a,c   Warrant, Eric J ^b   O'Carroll, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect vision; Motion detection; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLY; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OPTICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; VISION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

CALLIPHORA; ERISTALIS; ERISTALIS TENAX; INSECTA;

EID: 33845236729     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02517     Document Type: Article

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