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Contribution of photoreceptor subtypes to spectral wavelength preference in Drosophila.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Mar 2010
Yamaguchi Satoko, Desplan Claude, Heisenberg Martin
Abstract excerpt
The visual systems of most species contain photoreceptors with distinct spectral sensitivities that allow animals to distinguish lights by their spectral composition. In Drosophila, photoreceptors R1-R6 have the same spectral sensitivity throughout the eye and are responsible for motion detection. In contrast, photoreceptors R7 and R8 exhibit heterogeneity and are important for color vision. We investigated how...
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