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The Structural Organization of the Compound Eye in Insects

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Book cover Physiology of Photoreceptor Organs

Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology ((1536,volume 7 / 2))

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Ever since the first use of the light microscope for examining biological specimens, the compound eye of arthropods has attracted the attention of scholars. More recently, the compound eye has been found to be a particularly suitable model for studying the general problems of the flow and processing of sensory information in the nervous centers. At the same time, for complete understanding of the new data resulting from these novel lines of investigation, a solid base of detailed anatomical knowledge is needed.

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Trujillo-Cenóz, O. (1972). The Structural Organization of the Compound Eye in Insects. In: Fuortes, M.G.F. (eds) Physiology of Photoreceptor Organs. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 7 / 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65340-7_2

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