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  • Thumbnail for Electroreception and electrogenesis
    the knollenorgans (tuberous organs) in the skin of the elephantfishes, again without knowledge of their function as electroreceptors. In 1949, the Ukrainian-British...
    41 KB (3,599 words) - 10:12, 3 April 2024
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    organs used to sense the self-generated high-frequency EODs are tuberous electroreceptor organs. On the other hand, when low-frequency electric fields are...
    11 KB (1,236 words) - 16:12, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Knollenorgan
    A Knollenorgan is an electroreceptor in the skin of weakly electric fish of the family Mormyridae (Elephantfish) from Africa. The structure was first...
    4 KB (419 words) - 05:57, 1 March 2024
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    or frequencies lower than 50 Hz. These fish have two types of tuberous electroreceptor: the Knollenorgan and the Mormyromast. Both organs are found in...
    67 KB (6,719 words) - 13:27, 10 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Communication in aquatic animals
    detect electrical signals using tuberous electroreceptors which are sensitive to high-frequency stimuli. Electroreceptors exist in different forms and can...
    29 KB (3,611 words) - 21:03, 26 March 2024
  • presence of the gills underneath. The dorsal surface is gray, with tuberous electroreceptors visible as white dots. All the fins are hyaline, without dark...
    7 KB (828 words) - 13:20, 16 April 2024
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    from the electric organs. Electric eels can locate their prey using electroreceptors derived from the lateral line organ in the head. The lateral line itself...
    57 KB (5,696 words) - 18:14, 18 April 2024
  • communication. They have a specialized electric sense made up of tuberous and ampullary electroreceptors located over the skin surface and innervated by the electrosensory...
    28 KB (3,706 words) - 06:14, 1 March 2024
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    tuberous receptors. Ampullary receptors respond to low-frequency stimulation less than 40 Hz and their role in the JAR is currently unknown. Tuberous...
    19 KB (1,895 words) - 05:53, 13 June 2023
  • the knollenorgans (tuberous organs) in the skin of the elephantfishes, again without knowledge of their function as electroreceptors. In 1949, the Ukrainian-British...
    17 KB (1,845 words) - 15:08, 22 March 2024