Microsaccadic sampling of moving image information provides Drosophila hyperacute vision
Mikko Juusola, An Dau, Zhuoyi Song, Narendra Solanki, Diana Rien, David Jaciuch, Sidhartha A. Dongre, Florence Blanchard, Gonzalo G. de Polavieja, Roger Hardie, Jouni Takalo
This study shows Drosophila can see moving objects with high acuity despite their compound eyes, due to specialized photoreceptor function and microsaccadic movements.
eLife · Sep 4, 2017Peer-reviewedNeuroscience