Differential investment in brain regions for a diurnal and nocturnal lifestyle in Australian Myrmecia ants.

Sheehan, Zachary B V; Kamhi, J Frances; Seid, Marc A; Narendra, Ajay

Sheehan, Zachary B V; Kamhi, J Frances; Seid, Marc A; Narendra, Ajay.

Affiliation

Sheehan ZBV; Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Kamhi JF; Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Seid MA; Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Narendra A; Biology Department, Neuroscience Program, The University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

J Comp Neurol ; 527(7): 1261-1277, 2019 05 01.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30592041

Subject(s)

Ants/physiology; Brain/anatomy & histology; Circadian Rhythm/physiology; Compound Eye, Arthropod/physiology; Animals; Ants/anatomy & histology; Australia; Body Size; Brain Mapping; Light; Locomotion/physiology; Neuropil/physiology; Neuropil/ultrastructure; Night Vision; Optic Lobe, Nonmammalian/anatomy & histology; Optic Lobe, Nonmammalian/physiology; Organ Size; Smell/physiology; Species Specificity

Key words

Myrmecia; RRID:AB_2315424; RRID:AB_2535771; RRID:SCR_002285; RRID:SCR_007353; allometric scaling; ants; brain; neuropil; temporal niche

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ants / Brain / Circadian Rhythm / Compound Eye, Arthropod Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Oceania Language: En Journal: J Comp Neurol Year: 2019 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Australia Country of publication: United States

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