Novel schemes for hearing and orientation in insects.
Severe size constraints are imposed on the hearing organs of insects, yet they perform sophisticated tasks of auditory processing. Recent research has shown how flies acoustically locate targets in space, how mosquitoes afford highly sensitive ears, and how crickets avoid deafening themselves with their songs. These findings unveil the exquisite analytical capabilities of highly specialized microscale auditory systems.
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School of Biological Sciences, Woodland Road, University of Bristol, UK. d.robert@bristol.ac.uk
Göpfert
Martin C
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D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D009033:Culicidae; D004175:Diptera; D004423:Ear / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D006135:Gryllidae; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D007313:Insecta; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D013017:Sound Localization / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology