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The nonlinear mechanism of direction selectivity in the fly motion detection system

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für biologische Kybernetik, D-7400, Tübingen

    M. Egelhaaf, A. Borst & W. Reichardt

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We thank Drs. K. G. Götz and J. Zanker for critically reading preliminary versions of the manuscript and for most productive discussions of our results. The figures are due to the skill of F. Büchstaber and S. Marcinowski.

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Egelhaaf, M., Borst, A. & Reichardt, W. The nonlinear mechanism of direction selectivity in the fly motion detection system. Naturwissenschaften 76, 32–35 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00368311

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