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The ultrastructure of the compound eye of Dark- and control flies was examined. Flies of both groups reared with nutrient-poor Pearl’s medium exhibited a considerable degree of degeneration of the rhabdomeres. When they were reared with nutrient-rich standard cornmeal medium, the rhabdomeres of Dark-fly showed partial degeneration, while those of the control fly showed no degeneration. Thus, nutrients showed a far larger effect on the morphology of the eye than environmental light conditions, which slightly affected on eyes of flies that had experienced many generations of life without light.
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Fuse, N., Kitamura, T., Haramura, T., Arikawa, K., Imafuku, M. (2014). Compound Eyes of Dark-fly. In: Evolution in the Dark. SpringerBriefs in Biology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54147-9_3
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