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Angular sensitivity of the retinula cells of dark-adapted worker bee

Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie volume 74, pages 329–335 (1971)Cite this article

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Electrophysiological determination of the angular sensitivity of 16 worker bee retinula cells gives a value for horizontal acceptance angle of 2.5°±0.4° (S.D.) and for vertical acceptance angle of 2.7°±0.8° (S.D.).

This value is in agreement with previous behavioural studies, but is clearly at variance with a recent analysis of the ommatidial dioptric by ray optics, which gives a value of 5° for the acceptance angle. It is suggested that this results from the failure of ray optics to take diffraction effects into account.

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  1. Department of Neurobiology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia

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Laughlin, S.B., Horridge, G.A. Angular sensitivity of the retinula cells of dark-adapted worker bee. Z. Vergl. Physiol. 74, 329–335 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00297733

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Keywords

  • Recent Analysis
  • Behavioural Study
  • Diffraction Effect
  • Electrophysiological Determination
  • Acceptance Angle