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SINCE the early investigations of von Frisch1,2, it has been known that some arthropods have an ability to discriminate different planes of polarized light. Recent investigations, using intracellular microelectrodes3–5, have disclosed that the receptor cells themselves are the analyser for polarized light, although there still remains disagreement as to the existence of the intraocular analyser6.
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TASAKI, K., KARITA, K. Intraretinal Discrimination of Horizontal and Vertical Planes of Polarized Light by Octopus. Nature 209, 934–935 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209934a0
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