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Spectral efficiency as measured by ERG in the ant (Atta sexdens rubropilosa)

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Spectral efficiency of the worker ant ofAtta sexdens rubropilosa to light between 425 and 650 nm was explored by means of the ERG. A maximum response, is observed at 500 nm. Selective adaptation does not affect this maximum, suggesting the existence of only one receptor in this region of the spectrum.

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  1. Carlos Martinoya &  Susana Bloch

    Present address: Laboratoire de Psychophysiologie Sensorielle, Université de Paris VI, 4, Place Jussieu, F-75005, Paris, France

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  1. Departamento de Psicologia Experimental, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil

    Carlos Martinoya,  Susana Bloch, Dora F. Ventura &  Niélsy M. Puglia

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This work was made possible by a grant of the Fundaçao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil (supplement to contract 71/1141).

We thank Dr. David Staebler and the Instituto de Fisica e Quimica de Sao Carlo, USP, for the recalibration of the optic system.

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Martinoya, C., Bloch, S., Ventura, D.F. et al. Spectral efficiency as measured by ERG in the ant (Atta sexdens rubropilosa). J. Comp. Physiol. 104, 205–210 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01379460

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