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Photoelectric properties of the ‘yellow strips’ of social wasps

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The yellow strips on the cuticle of social wasp workers become photoconductive following irradiation with light, the effect being perfectly reversible.

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  1. N. Croitoru

    Present address: Department of Electronics, School of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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  1. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, (Israel)

    J. S. Ishay & N. Croitoru

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Ishay, J.S., Croitoru, N. Photoelectric properties of the ‘yellow strips’ of social wasps. Experientia 34, 340–342 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01923023

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