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K. D. Roeder and the History of Chemoreception

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Neuroethology and Behavioral Physiology

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Within the past few years there have been many reviews of insect chemoreception detailing advances that have resulted from electrophysiological, electron microscopical, and biochemical analyses. Antedating these are reviews covering the morphological era of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The history of the transition period between pre- and post-electrophysiology is less well documented. This is the period during which Kenneth Roeder worked and contributed so influentially to the field of insect physiology and behavior.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01002, USA

    Vincent G. Dethier

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, D-8131, Seewiesen/Starnberg, F.R. Germany

    Franz Huber

  2. Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach 5560, D-7750, Konstanz, F.R. Germany

    Hubert Markl

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Dethier, V.G. (1983). K. D. Roeder and the History of Chemoreception. In: Huber, F., Markl, H. (eds) Neuroethology and Behavioral Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69271-0_6

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