El odómetro de las hormigas: pisar pilotes y troncos

Matthias Wittlinger1, Rüdiger Wehner, Harald Wolf

  • 1Department of Neurobiology, University of Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany. matthias.wittlinger@gmx.de

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 1, 2006
PubMed
Resumen

Las hormigas del desierto usan un "contador de pasos" para medir la distancia. La manipulación de la longitud de las piernas alteró la longitud de la zancada, haciendo que las hormigas juzgaran mal la distancia de viaje, confirmando la hipótesis del integrador de pasos.

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