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The spatial resolutions of the apposition compound eye and its neuro-sensory feature detectors: observation versus theory

Date

Authors

Horridge, George Adrian

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

For 100 years three ideas dominated efforts to understand the apposition compound eye. In Müller's theory, the eye viewed the panorama through an array of little windows without overlaps and without gaps, with no details within windows. Spatial resolutio

Keywords

Keywords: eye; vision; animal; color vision; cytology; depth perception; eye; histology; insect; light; movement perception; orientation; photoreceptor; physiology; review; visual acuity; visual field; visual system function; Animals; Color Perception; Eye; Insects Cues; Insect; Parallel pathways; Resolution; Visual

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/76543

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Insect Physiology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.11.018

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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