Article
Fused rhabdomeres (fur) in Drosophila: an eye mutation that alters rhabdomere morphology and retinal function.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Jan 1991
Blake A, Bender L B, O'Day P M, Lonergan M, Venkatesh T R
Abstract excerpt
In the Drosophila compound eye, the photoreceptor cells are organized in highly precise units, the ommatidia. In each photoreceptor cell, the primary photopigment, opsin, is contained in the rhabdomere, an ordered array of densely packed microvilli. A genetic and phenotypic analysis of a new X-li...
Topics
- Animals
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila
- Female
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Photoreceptor Cells
- Recombination, Genetic
- Retina
- Retinal Ganglion Cells