Synchrony and Flash Entrainment in a New Guinea Firefly
- 8 October 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 174 (4005), 161-164
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.174.4005.161
Abstract
Fireflies can duplicate both faster and slower rhythms of artificial light. Since the interval between the pacer signal and the firefly's flash of the next cycle approximates the firefly's normal free-run period, it is suggested that the pacer signal resets the flash-timing oscillator in the brain, thus providing a mechanism for synchronization.Keywords
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