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. 2019 Sep 9;29(17):R839-R842.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.032.

Polarization Vision: Targets of Polarization-Sensitive Photoreceptors in the Drosophila Visual System

Charlotte Helfrich-Förster  1
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Polarization Vision: Targets of Polarization-Sensitive Photoreceptors in the Drosophila Visual System

Charlotte Helfrich-Förster. Curr Biol. .
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Insects can perceive the polarization pattern in the sky and use the information to navigate: a new study has delineated neural circuitry immediately downstream of the polarization detectors in the dorsal rim area of the Drosophila retina, which is devoted to the task of polarization vision.

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