Wernet Mathias F, Roberts Nicholas W, Belušič Gregor
Division of Neurobiology, Institute of Biology, Fachbereich Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Chemie and PharmazieKönigin-Luise Strasse 1-3, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Ecology of Vision Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK.
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2023 Nov;209(6):855-857. doi: 10.1007/s00359-023-01679-x. Epub 2023 Oct 24.
Most insects can detect the pattern of polarized light in the sky with the dorsal rim area in their compound eyes and use this visual information to navigate in their environment by means of 'celestial' polarization vision. 'Non-celestial polarization vision', in contrast, refers to the ability of arthropods to analyze polarized light by means of the 'main' retina, excluding the dorsal rim area. The ability of using the main retina for polarization vision has been attracting sporadic, but steady attention during the last decade. This special issue of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A presents recent developments with a collection of seven original research articles, addressing different aspects of non-celestial polarization vision in crustaceans and insects. The contributions cover different sources of linearly polarized light in nature, the underlying retinal and neural mechanisms of object detection using polarization vision and the behavioral responses of arthropods to polarized reflections from water.
大多数昆虫能够通过复眼中的背缘区域检测天空中偏振光的模式，并利用这种视觉信息通过“天体”偏振视觉在其环境中导航。相比之下，“非天体偏振视觉”是指节肢动物通过“主要”视网膜（不包括背缘区域）分析偏振光的能力。在过去十年中，利用主要视网膜进行偏振视觉的能力一直受到零星但持续的关注。《比较生理学杂志A》的这一特刊通过七篇原创研究文章展示了最新进展，这些文章涉及甲壳类动物和昆虫非天体偏振视觉的不同方面。这些论文涵盖了自然界中线性偏振光的不同来源、利用偏振视觉进行物体检测的潜在视网膜和神经机制，以及节肢动物对水面偏振反射的行为反应。
