Tiling mechanisms of the compound eye through geometrical tessellation
Takashi Hayashi, Takeshi Tomomizu, Takamichi Sushida, Masakazu Akiyama, Shin-Ichiro Ei, Makoto Sato
This study investigates how geometrical tessellation determines tiling patterns in compound eyes, showing that hexagonal patterns in wild-type Drosophila transform into tetragonal patterns in small eye mutants.
bioRxiv · Jan 5, 2022 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology