Do the rhabdomeric structures in bees and flies really twist?

Ribi, WA

doi:10.1007/BF00610468

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Do the rhabdomeric structures in bees and flies really twist?

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Ribi, WA
Former Department Comparative Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Ribi, W. (1979). Do the rhabdomeric structures in bees and flies really twist? Journal of Comparative Physiology, 134(2), 109-112. doi:10.1007/BF00610468.

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Electron microscopic observations following careful tissue treatment show that the microvilli in visual cells of both the bee and the fly do not twist (Figs. 1 and 2). Theories of how bees analyse polarized light are reexamined in the light of this finding.