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Insect physiology

detection of the polarization pattern of skylight by specialised facets in the upper rim of the insect eye, used as a compass.

In insect physiology, polarization vision refers to detection of the polarization pattern of skylight by specialised facets in the upper rim of the insect eye, used as a compass. This meaning comes from Labhart (1999) in Microscopy Research and Technique.[1]

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References

Labhart, T., & Meyer, E. P. (1999). Detectors for polarized skylight in insects: a survey of ommatidial specializations in the dorsal rim area of the compound eye. Microscopy Research and Technique, 47(6), 368-379. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0029(19991215)47:6<368::aid-jemt2>3.0.co;2-q

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