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Opsin expression patterns coincide with photoreceptor development during pupal development in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

BACKGROUND: The compound eyes of insects allow them to catch photons and convert the energy into electric signals. All compound eyes consist of numerous ommatidia, each comprising a fixed number of photoreceptors. Different ommatidial types are characterized by a specific set of photoreceptors diffe...

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Autores principales: Lichtenstein, Leonie, Grübel, Kornelia, Spaethe, Johannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5791347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29382313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12861-018-0162-8