Cataract induction in an arthropod reveals how lens crystallins contribute to the formation of biological glass
Amartya T. Mitra, Shubham Rathore, Augusta Jester, Ruby Hyland-Brown, Jenni Hassert, Joshua B. Benoit, Annette Stowasser, Elke K. Buschbeck
The paper shows that knocking down Lens3 in beetle larvae causes cataracts, leading to image degradation and behavioral changes in low light, while not affecting focal length.
PLoS ONE · Jun 11, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience