Ambystoma maculatumの指向:繁殖池への移動とそこから移動する

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 30, 1965
PubMed
まとめ

繁殖池に移動する斑点サラマンダー (Ambystoma maculatum) は,特定の経路に顕著な忠実さを示しています. この一貫したホーミングの行動は,天体のナビゲーションシグナルを遮る条件下でも起こり,未知の感覚メカニズムが彼らの動きを導くことを示唆しています.

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