Sexual dimorphism in a photoreceptor

Franceschini, N. ; Hardie, R. ; Ribi, W. ; Kirschfeld, K.

[s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
Published 1981
ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Each ommatidium in the compound eye of the housefly (Musca domestica) contains eight photoreceptors which are usually classified as six large peripheral cells, R1-6 surrounding two smaller central cells, R7 and R8 (see Fig. 1, inset). The photoreceptive segments (rhabdomeres) of the latter are ...
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