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Patterning the peripheral retina of the fly: decoding a gradient.
Developmental cell - 1 Nov 2003
Tomlinson Andrew
Abstract excerpt
The peripheral regions of the fly eye show a number of specializations. First, immediately interior to the circumscribing head capsule and completely encircling the rest of the eye lies a thick band of pigment cells (pigment rim; PR). Second, in the dorsal periphery of the eye directly interior to the PR lie the dorsal rim (DR) ommatidia that are specialized polarized light detectors. The equivalent position in...
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