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SUBMITTER: Xiang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3026603 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xiang Yang Y Yuan Quan Q Vogt Nina N Looger Loren L LL Jan Lily Yeh LY Jan Yuh Nung YN
Nature 20101110 7326
Photoreceptors for visual perception, phototaxis or light avoidance are typically clustered in eyes or related structures such as the Bolwig organ of Drosophila larvae. Unexpectedly, we found that the class IV dendritic arborization neurons of Drosophila melanogaster larvae respond to ultraviolet, violet and blue light, and are major mediators of light avoidance, particularly at high intensities. These class IV dendritic arborization neurons, which are present in every body segment, have dendrit ...[more]