REMOVAL OF OPTIC LOBES OF ADULT BLOW FLIES (CALLIPHORA-VICINA) LEAVESPHOTOPERIODIC INDUCTION OF LARVAL DIAPAUSE INTACT

Authors
SAUNDERS DS CYMBOROWSKI B
Citation
Ds. Saunders et B. Cymborowski, REMOVAL OF OPTIC LOBES OF ADULT BLOW FLIES (CALLIPHORA-VICINA) LEAVESPHOTOPERIODIC INDUCTION OF LARVAL DIAPAUSE INTACT, Journal of insect physiology, 42(8), 1996, pp. 807-811
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of insect physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221910
Volume
42
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
807 - 811
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1910(1996)42:8<807:ROOLOA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Blow flies (Calliphora vicina) surgically deprived of their optic lobe s were found to retain the ability to distinguish between short and lo ng day lengths for the production of diapausing or nondiapausing larva l progeny. In this species, therefore, the compound eyes and optic lob es are not essential for photoperiodic reception, and the optic lobes cannot be the site of the photoperiodic clock. The brain emerges as a likely location for both functions. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Scienc e Ltd