ArticleCommunications biology2019
Adaptive colour change and background choice behaviour in peppered moth caterpillars is mediated by extraocular photoreception.
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- The evolution of red color vision is linked to coordinated rhodopsin tuning in lycaenid butterflies.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- The antipredator benefits of postural camouflage in peppered moth caterpillars.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Integration of ocular and non-ocular photosensory information in the brain of the terrestrial slug Limax.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Light sensing by tissues distinct from the eye occurs in diverse animal groups, enabling circadian control and phototactic behaviour. Extraocular photoreceptors may also facilitate rapid colour change in cephalopods and lizards, but little is known about the sensory system that mediates slow colour change in arthropods. We previously reported that slow colour change in twig-mimicking caterpillars of the peppered moth (
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