Visual receptor cycle in normal and period mutant Drosophila: microspectrophotometry, electrophysiology, and ultrastructural morphometry.

doi:10.1017/s0952523800009585

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Visual receptor cycle in normal and period mutant Drosophila: microspectrophotometry, electrophysiology, and ultrastructural morphometry.

Visual neuroscience - 1 Aug 1992

Chen D M, Christianson J S, Sapp R J, Stark W S

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Visual pigment, sensitivity, and rhabdomere size were measured throughout a 12-h light/12-h dark cycle in Drosophila. Visual pigment and sensitivity were measured during subsequent constant darkness [dark/dark (D/D)]. MSP (microspectrophotometry) and the ERG (electroretinogram) revealed a cycling...

Topics

Animals
Circadian Rhythm
Dark Adaptation
Drosophila melanogaster
Electroretinography
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Light
Mutation
Photoreceptor Cells
Sensory Thresholds
Spectrophotometry

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