Eye development: Random precision in color vision

Hummel T, Klämbt C

Research article (journal)

Abstract

In insect and vertebrate eyes, different types of color-detecting photoreceptors are randomly distributed throughout the retina. A recent study has provided important new insights into the developmental mechanisms that generate the retinal mosaic required for color vision.

Details about the publication

JournalCurrent biology (Curr Biol)
Volume16
Issue10
Page range361-363
StatusPublished
Release year2006 (23/05/2006)
Language in which the publication is writtenEnglish
Keywordsr8 photoreceptor cells drosophila-melanogaster sensory neurons r7

Authors from the University of Münster

Hummel, Thomas
Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology (INVB)
Klämbt, Christian
Professorship of Neuro- and Behavioral Biology (Prof. Klämbt)