Glia in the chiasms and medulla of the Drosophila melanogaster optic lobes.

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Different classes of glia cells in the optic lobes of Drosophila melanogaster were defined by the enhancer trap technique, using expression of the lacZ reporter gene. At both the outer and inner optic chiasms, there are stacks of glia, arrayed from dorsal to ventral, interpersed between the crossings of axonal fiber bundles. The giant glial cells of both the outer and inner chiasms are similar with respect to...

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