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Dissection and Immunohistochemistry of Larval, Pupal and Adult Drosophila Retinas
Published on: November 14, 2012
The genetics of visual system development in Drosophila: specification, connectivity and asymmetry
1Laboratory of Developmental Neurogenetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 701 West 168 Street, Room 1014, New York, New York 10032, USA. tc146@columbia.edu
Abstract:
Encoding visual information requires a complex neuronal network. Recently, genes regulating early tissue specification, the growth of retinal target structures, the connectivity of photoreceptor axons, and mirror-image retinal symmetry in Drosophila have been identified. The insights gained from studying visual system development in flies promise to inform our understanding of similar processes in vertebrates.
