Eye structure correlates with distinct foraging-bout timing in primitive ants
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Summary, in English
Social insects have evolved remarkable physiological adaptations and behavioural strategies that enable them to access new temporal foraging niches (for example [1]). Here we report striking correlations between the timing of foraging bouts and the modification of eye structure in four species of ants belonging to the primitive genus Myrmecia. Most noteworthy, photoreceptor diameters progressively increase from 1.3 μm in strictly day-active species, to 5.9 μm in predominantly night-active species.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2007
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
879-880
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Current Biology
Volym
17
Issue
20
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Zoology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Lund Vision Group
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1879-0445