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Color and angular orientation in the discrimination of bilateral symmetric patterns in the honeybee

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Giurfa, M., Backhaus, W. & Menzel, R. Color and angular orientation in the discrimination of bilateral symmetric patterns in the honeybee. Naturwissenschaften 82, 198–201 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01143197

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