The Drosophila central brain is composed of approximately 100 paired lineages, with most
lineages comprising 100–150 neurons. Most lineages have a number of important …

A compact genome and a tiny brain make Drosophila the prime model to understand the
neural substrate of behavior. The neurogenetic efforts to reveal neural circuits underlying …

Abstract The Drosophila N‐CAM homolog Fasciclin II (FasII) is expressed during the
embryonic period in a subset of central neurons that pioneer the neuropile of the larval …

In both insects and mammals, olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) expressing specific
olfactory receptors converge their axons onto specific glomeruli, creating a spatial map in …

Color discrimination requires the input of different photoreceptor cells that are sensitive to
different wavelengths of light. The Drosophila visual system contains multiple classes of …

Abstract The Drosophila Bolwig organs are small photoreceptor bundles that facilitate the
phototactic behavior of the larva. Comparative literature suggests that these highly reduced …

Abstract During Drosophila eye development, Hedgehog (Hh) protein secreted by maturing
photoreceptors directs a wave of differentiation that sweeps anteriorly across the retinal …

The central complex (CX) is a set of neuropils in the center of the fly brain that have been
implicated as playing an important role in vision-mediated behavior and integration of …

Early stages of visual processing must capture complex, dynamic inputs. While peripheral
neurons often implement efficient encoding by exploiting natural stimulus statistics …

The adult visual system of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, contains seven eyes—two
compound eyes, a pair of Hofbauer‐Buchner eyelets, and three ocelli. Each of these eye …