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. 2021 Apr 26;31(8):R378-R381.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.037.

Colour opponency: Chromatic and achromatic circuits in the mix

Heidi Roth  1 , Mathias F Wernet  2
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Colour opponency: Chromatic and achromatic circuits in the mix

Heidi Roth et al. Curr Biol. .
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The molecular genetic dissection of Drosophila colour vision circuitry reveals converging pathways previously categorized as being chromatic versus achromatic. Amacrine-like Dm8 cells receive direct and indirect inputs with different spectral sensitivity tuning, thereby forming the second stage of colour-opponent processing.

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