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... moth's body . As a result , the right receptor will fire sooner and more often than the left receptor . ( If the bat is directly behind the moth , both A1 cells will be equally active at the same time . ) Thus , the brain's decoder ...
... moth's body . As a result , the right receptor will fire sooner and more often than the left receptor . ( If the bat is directly behind the moth , both A1 cells will be equally active at the same time . ) Thus , the brain's decoder ...
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... moth's nervous system , they may ultimately generate two basic patterns of activity in motor neurons . One battery of motor mes- sages causes the moth to turn and fly directly away from a source of ultrasonic sound [ 611 ] . This may ...
... moth's nervous system , they may ultimately generate two basic patterns of activity in motor neurons . One battery of motor mes- sages causes the moth to turn and fly directly away from a source of ultrasonic sound [ 611 ] . This may ...
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... moth ( whereas humans can easily tell the difference between C and C sharp ) . Prolonged steady sounds are quickly ignored by the receptors . Thus , the moth's auditory system sacrifices a great deal of potential information . The ear ...
... moth ( whereas humans can easily tell the difference between C and C sharp ) . Prolonged steady sounds are quickly ignored by the receptors . Thus , the moth's auditory system sacrifices a great deal of potential information . The ear ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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