Colour vision: parallel pathways intersect in Drosophila

Almut Kelber; Miriam J Henze

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.025

Colour vision: parallel pathways intersect in Drosophila

Curr Biol. 2013 Dec 2;23(23):R1043-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.025.

Authors

Almut Kelber¹, Miriam J Henze

Affiliation

¹ Lund Vision Group, Department of Biology, Lund University Sölvegatan 35, 22362 Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: Almut.Kelber@biol.lu.se.

PMID: 24309280
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.025

Abstract

In the last one hundred years, colour vision has been demonstrated in bees and many other insects. But the underlying neural wiring remained elusive. A new study on Drosophila melanogaster combining behavioural and genetic tools yields surprising insights.

MeSH terms

Animals
Color Perception / genetics*
Color Vision / genetics*
Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / physiology*
Ultraviolet Rays