Search for dissertations about: "Luktsinnet"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word Luktsinnet.
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1. Perceptual analysis of odorous irritants in indoor air
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2. Spatial Vision in Birds: Anatomical investigation of spatial resolving power
Abstract : Avian eyes are big both in relative and absolute terms, thus the importance of vision to birds is obvious. Even though the general eye plan is rather conservative throughout the group, there is a great variation in visual capabilities. READ MORE
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3. Evolution of olfaction in Lepidoptera and Trichoptera : Gene families and antennal morphology
Abstract : In moths, females produce sex pheromone compounds to attract males over a long distance for mating. The antennae of moths and many other insects have specialized odorant receptors (ORs), called pheromone receptors (PRs), to sense the pheromone compounds and they group in a monophyletic clade (PR clade). READ MORE
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4. Avian MHC: variation and selection in the wild
Abstract : In vertebrates the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) plays a central role in the specific immune defence against various pathogens. Compared with other coding genes the MHC genes exhibit an extremely high level of polymorphism that is maintained by balancing selection. READ MORE
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5. Neural Interfaces to the Odour World of Scarab Beetles
Abstract : Antennal detection and central nervous integration of behaviourally relevant odours in scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) was investigated, using the two Japanese scarabs Anomala cuprea and Phyllopertha diversa (Rutelinae), and the Central African fruit chafer Pachnoda marginata (Cetoniinae) as model species. Electrophysiological single cell recordings in A. READ MORE