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Spectral Response of Single Neurones recorded in the Optic Lobes of the Housefly and Blowfly

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SOME initial results of an investigation of insect colour vision carried out by recording the activities of second and higher order neurones are reported here. They are relevant to the question of sensitivity to red light in the Diptera.

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BISHOP, L. Spectral Response of Single Neurones recorded in the Optic Lobes of the Housefly and Blowfly. Nature 219, 1372–1373 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2191372a0

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