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Novel methodology for localizing and studying the insect dorsal rim area morphology in 2D and 3D
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2022
bioRxiv
pre-print
Polarized light-based navigation in insects is facilitated by a specialised polarisation-sensitive part of the eye known as the dorsal rim area (DRA). Existing methods to study the anatomy of the DRA are in most cases destructive and very time consuming. Here, we present a novel method that allows for DRA localization using 3D volumetric images acquired through micro-computed tomography in combination with 2D photographs. We used the method on size polymorphic buff-tailed bumblebees, Bombus
doi:10.1101/2022.02.07.479135
fatcat:aaj4vai6jvd57nh7ehgqb57bby