ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019
Horsefly object-directed polarotaxis is mediated by a stochastically distributed ommatidial subtype in the ventral retina.
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Abstract
The ventral compound eye of many insects contains polarization-sensitive photoreceptors, but little is known about how they are integrated into visual functions. In female horseflies, polarized reflections from animal fur are a key stimulus for host detection. To understand how polarization vision is mediated by the ventral compound eye, we investigated the band-eyed brown horsefly
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