Genetic dissection reveals two separate retinal substrates for polarization vision in drosophila

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-20

  Wernet, Mathias F ^a   Velez, Mariel M ^a   Clark, Damon A ^a   Baumann Klausener, Franziska ^b   Brown, Julian R ^a   Klovstad, Martha ^a   Labhart, Thomas ^b   Clandinin, Thomas R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DYNAMIN; NORPA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DYNAMINS; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORIENTATION; PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; VISION, OCULAR;

ARANEAE; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855683152     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.028     Document Type: Article

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