Acuity and summation strategies differ in vinegar and desert fruit flies

Summary: An animal's vision depends on terrain features that limit the amount and distribution of available light. Approximately 10,000 years ago, vinegar flies (Drosophila melanogaster) transitioned from a single plant specialist into a cosmopolitan generalist. Much earlier, desert flies (D. m...

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Main Authors: John P. Currea, Rachel Frazer, Sara M. Wasserman, Jamie Theobald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221016072