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Spatio-temporal relays control layer identity of direction-selective neuron subtypes in Drosophila.
Nature communications - 12 Jun 2018
Apitz Holger, Salecker Iris
Abstract excerpt
Visual motion detection in sighted animals is essential to guide behavioral actions ensuring their survival. In Drosophila, motion direction is first detected by T4/T5 neurons. Their axons innervate one of the four lobula plate layers. How T4/T5 neurons with layer-specific representation of motion-direction preferences are specified during development is unknown. We show that diffusible Wingless (Wg) between...
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