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Impairment of Optomotor Anemotaxis in Yellow-Eyed Mutant Cabbage Looper Moths, Trichoplusia ni

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Rucker, C.N., Haynes, K.F. Impairment of Optomotor Anemotaxis in Yellow-Eyed Mutant Cabbage Looper Moths, Trichoplusia ni . Journal of Insect Behavior 17, 437–442 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOIR.0000042533.87749.82

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