Discovery of a novel accessory structure of the pitviper infrared receptor organ (serpentes: viperidae).

The facial pits of rattlesnakes, copperheads, lanceheads, bushmasters and other American and Asian pitvipers (Crotalinae) are highly innervated and densely vascularized infrared (IR) receptor organs. For over a century, studies have focused on a small sample of model species from North America and A...

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Main Authors: Wilmar Bolívar-G, Marta M Antoniazzi, Taran Grant, Carlos Jared
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5efbc2af7b7149e5b0771cedcde47de4
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