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Circadian Rhythm of Locomotor Activity in Musca Continues after Severance of Optic Tracts

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Contrary to findings in cockroaches, crickets and beetles, the optic lobes of the house fly Musca domestica are not the site of the oscillator controlling locomotor activity. The lobes may play a role in the coupling of oscillators. Synchronization of activity by light dark cycles is extraocular.

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  1. Institut für Biologie I, University of Tübingen, D-7400, Tübingen, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Charlotte Helfrich & Wolfgang Engelmann

  2. Department of Invertebrate Physiology, Zoological Institute, University of Warsaw, 02-089, Warszawa, Poland

    Bronislaw Cymborowski

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  1. Fachbereich 2 (Zellbiologie) der Universität Bremen, Leobener Straße, NW 2, D-2800, Bremen, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Ludger Rensing

  2. Fachbereich 2 (Forschungsgruppe Angewandte Katalyse) der Universität Bremen, Bibliothekstraße, NW 2, D-2800, Bremen, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Nils I. Jaeger

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Helfrich, C., Engelmann, W., Cymborowski, B. (1985). Circadian Rhythm of Locomotor Activity in Musca Continues after Severance of Optic Tracts. In: Rensing, L., Jaeger, N.I. (eds) Temporal Order. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70332-4_43

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