Insect Orientation: Stay on Course with the Sun
- PMID: 30205063
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.032
Insect Orientation: Stay on Course with the Sun
Abstract
A new study demonstrates that fruit flies can use a sun compass, which is encoded in specific neurons in the fly's brain, to maintain a fixed heading direction for up to six hours.
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Sun Navigation Requires Compass Neurons in Drosophila.Curr Biol. 2018 Sep 10;28(17):2845-2852.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.002. Epub 2018 Aug 30. Curr Biol. 2018. PMID: 30174187 Free PMC article.
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