Flying drosophila orient to sky polarization

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-27

  Weir, Peter T ^a   Dickinson, Michael H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FLYING; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIGHT; ORIENTATION;

APOIDEA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 84855665516     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.026     Document Type: Article

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