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Chromatic Organization and Sexual Dimorphism of the Fly Retinal Mosaic

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Photoreceptors

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Whether in vertebrates or in invertebrates, mapping the spectral organization of a retinal mosaic with single cell resolution often remains an insuperable task, for which microspectrophotometry and intracellular recordings appear as cumbersome tools. The need for methods capable of revealing at a glimpse the mosaic pattern of the individual spectral types across a large receptor array has led to many ingenious techniques, some of which are listed in Table 1.

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Franceschini, N. (1984). Chromatic Organization and Sexual Dimorphism of the Fly Retinal Mosaic. In: Borsellino, A., Cervetto, L. (eds) Photoreceptors. NATO Asi Series, vol 75. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9382-9_19

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