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Determination of Photoreceptor Cell Spectral Sensitivity in an Insect Model from In Vivo Intracellular Recordings
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Determination of Photoreceptor Cell Spectral Sensitivity in an Insect Model from In Vivo Intracellular Recordings

Published on: February 26, 2016

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Annette Werner1

  • 1Evolutionary Cognition - Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
|September 4, 2022
PubMed

Keywords:
beesbutterfliescolour constancyhumansinsectsmoths

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