Sensory Systems: Electrifying News from the Ocean

Sensory Systems: Electrifying News from the Ocean

Only a handful of vertebrates are capable of sensing weak electric fields. Two new studies shed light on the development and physiology of electroreceptive organs. Only a handful of vertebrates are capable of sensing weak electric fields. Two new studies shed light on the development and physiology...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current biology 2017-12, Vol.27 (24), p.R1327-R1329
Hauptverfasser: Kozak, Eva L., López-Schier, Hernán
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Animals
Oceans and Seas
Vertebrates
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Zusammenfassung:Only a handful of vertebrates are capable of sensing weak electric fields. Two new studies shed light on the development and physiology of electroreceptive organs. Only a handful of vertebrates are capable of sensing weak electric fields. Two new studies shed light on the development and physiology of electroreceptive organs.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.015