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... toad of Europe . It teaches us that what an animal sees and how it responds are every bit as much a reflection of specialized discriminating cells as the sonar system of a bat or the mate detectors of an electric fish . The toad ...
... toad of Europe . It teaches us that what an animal sees and how it responds are every bit as much a reflection of specialized discriminating cells as the sonar system of a bat or the mate detectors of an electric fish . The toad ...
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... toad . A cell in the optic tectum of the toad responds differently to different kinds of stimuli that are moved through the cell's receptive field on the retina . Note that long , thin objects moved horizontally elicit the maximum re ...
... toad . A cell in the optic tectum of the toad responds differently to different kinds of stimuli that are moved through the cell's receptive field on the retina . Note that long , thin objects moved horizontally elicit the maximum re ...
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... toad . Interactions between thalamic cells ( Th ) and cells in the optic tectum ( Ot ) de- termine whether the toad will exhibit escape behavior or a feeding response . Si- multaneous strong activa- tion of both centers by dif- ferent ...
... toad . Interactions between thalamic cells ( Th ) and cells in the optic tectum ( Ot ) de- termine whether the toad will exhibit escape behavior or a feeding response . Si- multaneous strong activa- tion of both centers by dif- ferent ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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