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Ant compound eye: Size-related ommatidium differences within a single wood ant nest

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Pour compter le nombre de facettes de l'œil composé de la fourmi, une nouvelle méthode a été mise au point en utilisant des photographies d'empreintes de collodion. Dans une population d'ouvrières provenant d'un seul nid de fourmis rouges lignicoles, le nombre et le diamètre des facettes augmentent avec la grosseur de l'œil et de la tête. Pour une telle population il y a une relation entre la grosseur des tissus neuraux et sensoriels, l'œil composé inclus, et l'efficacité avec laquelle une fourmi ouvrière parcourt le terrain en cherchant de la nourriture.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, UCLA Medical School, 90024, Los Angeles, California, USA

    S. Bernstein & C. Finn

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This work was supported by U.S. Public Health Service Research Scientist Development Award Type I No. 5K01 MH 15475 to S.B. Computing assistance was obtained from the Health Sciences Computing Facility, UCLA, sponsored by NIH Special Research Resources Grant No. RR-3.

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Bernstein, S., Finn, C. Ant compound eye: Size-related ommatidium differences within a single wood ant nest. Experientia 27, 708–710 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02136977

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