Functional opsin patterning for Drosophila color vision is established through signaling pathways in adjacent object-detection neurons
Manabu Kitamata, Yoshiaki Otake, Hideaki Kitagori, Xuanshuo Zhang, Yusuke Maki, Rika Boku, Masato Takeuchi, Hideki Nakagoshi
The paper shows that Dve activity in specific photoreceptor cells is required for proper opsin coupling between adjacent neurons with different functions in Drosophila color vision.
Development · Feb 29, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology