Built-in polarizers form part of a compass organ in spiders.

Autor:	Dacke, M., Nilsson, D.-E., Warrent, E.J., Blest, A.D., Land, M.F., O'Carroll, D.C.
Předmět:	SPIDERS PHOTOTROPISM in animals ANIMAL orientation OPTICAL polarization
Zdroj:	Nature; 9/30/1999, Vol. 401 Issue 6752, p470, 4p, 3 Color Photographs, 7 Black and White Photographs, 3 Diagrams, 2 Graphs
Abstrakt:	Presents research on the compass organ in the spider Drassodes cupreus, where a pair of specialized secondary eyes cooperate to analyze skylight polarization. Method of action; Structural details.
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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