Iroquois complex genes induce co-expression of rhodopsins in Drosophila.

The Drosophila eye is a mosaic that results from the stochastic distribution of two ommatidial subtypes. Pale and yellow ommatidia can be distinguished by the expression of distinct rhodopsins and other pigments in their inner photoreceptors (R7 and R8), which are implicated in color vision. The pal...

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Main Authors: Esteban O Mazzoni, Arzu Celik, Mathias F Wernet, Daniel Vasiliauskas, Robert J Johnston, Tiffany A Cook, Franck Pichaud, Claude Desplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2323304?pdf=render