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spectral sensitivity

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Two chiral types of randomly rotated ommatidia are distributed across the retina of the flathead oak borer Coraebus undatus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
    Andrej Meglič, Marko Ilić, Carmen Quero, Kentaro Arikawa, Gregor Belušič
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb225920 doi: 10.1242/jeb.225920 Published 22 July 2020

    Highlighted Article: Jewel beetles have an irregular retinal mosaic of randomly rotated and mirror-symmetric ommatidia, housing at least four spectral classes of photoreceptors.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Spectral organization of the compound eye of a migrating nymphalid, the chestnut tiger butterfly Parantica sita
    Nicolas Nagloo, Michiyo Kinoshita, Kentaro Arikawa
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb217703 doi: 10.1242/jeb.217703 Published 3 February 2020

    Summary: Eyes of chestnut tiger butterflies have UV-, blue- and green-sensitive cells and they are also polarization sensitive, which may be useful for visual orientation during migration.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Photoresponses in the radiolar eyes of the fan worm Acromegalomma vesiculosum
    Michael J. Bok, Dan-Eric Nilsson, Anders Garm
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2019 222: jeb212779 doi: 10.1242/jeb.212779 Published 10 December 2019

    Summary: Light responses from the unusual eyes on fan worm feeding tentacles reveal a high temporal resolution, broad dynamic range, and spectral tuning to blue-green light, making the eyes well suited for governing a startle response.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Vision in the snapping shrimp Alpheus heterochaelis
    Alexandra C. N. Kingston, Rebecca L. Lucia, Luke T. Havens, Thomas W. Cronin, Daniel I. Speiser
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2019 222: jeb209015 doi: 10.1242/jeb.209015 Published 8 November 2019

    Summary: Morphological, physiological and behavioral approaches demonstrate for the first time that the eyes of snapping shrimp provide spatial vision.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Light avoidance by a non-ocular photosensing system in the terrestrial slug Limax valentianus
    Haruka Nishiyama, Akane Nagata, Yuko Matsuo, Ryota Matsuo
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2019 222: jeb208595 doi: 10.1242/jeb.208595 Published 23 July 2019

    Highlighted Article: Terrestrial slugs of the genus Limax exhibit negative phototaxis behaviour even if their eyes are removed, possibly by using their brain as a photosensor, which expresses several opsin mRNA species.

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    Differences in ocular media transmittance in classical frog and toad model species and its impact on visual sensitivity
    Carola A. M. Yovanovich, Taran Grant, Almut Kelber
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2019 222: jeb204271 doi: 10.1242/jeb.204271 Published 25 June 2019

    Summary: The transmittance properties of the ocular media affect sensitivity to visual stimuli. Among frogs, the lenses of ranids are less transmissive than those of bufonids, decreasing sensitivity to ultraviolet light.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Electrical interactions between photoreceptors in the compound eye of Periplaneta americana
    Paulus Saari, Esa-Ville Immonen, Andrew S. French, Päivi H. Torkkeli, Hongxia Liu, Kyösti Heimonen, Roman V. Frolov
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb189340 doi: 10.1242/jeb.189340 Published 1 November 2018

    Summary: In the compound eye of the American cockroach, complex electrical interactions take place between green- and UV-sensitive photoreceptors in each ommatidium.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Non-linear amplification of graded voltage signals in the first-order visual interneurons of the butterfly Papilio xuthus
    Juha Rusanen, Roman Frolov, Matti Weckström, Michiyo Kinoshita, Kentaro Arikawa
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb179085 doi: 10.1242/jeb.179085 Published 22 June 2018

    Summary: LMCs in the visual system of Papilio xuthus use two information-coding strategies: a graded coding and a mixed coding involving action-potential like spikes. Use of spikes depends on light level.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Extreme polarisation sensitivity in the retina of the corn borer moth Ostrinia
    Gregor Belušič, Katja Šporar, Andrej Meglič
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2047-2056; doi: 10.1242/jeb.153718

    Summary: Polarisation vision in the moths is not confined to the dorsal rim area; the retina of Crambid, Noctuid and Saturniid moths and some dung beetles contains distal photoreceptors with extremely high polarisation sensitivity.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Retinal specialization through spatially varying cell densities and opsin coexpression in cichlid fish
    Brian E. Dalton, Fanny de Busserolles, N. Justin Marshall, Karen L. Carleton
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 266-277; doi: 10.1242/jeb.149211

    Summary: Cichlid retinas show spatial variation with an area centralis that has higher photoreceptor and ganglion cell density and less opsin coexpression. Visual modeling suggests this may reflect a trade-off between colour discrimination and contrast detection.

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