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Photoreceptor properties of an ectopic eye in the fleshfly,Sarcophaga bullata

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Ectopic eyes were produced on the fleshfly,Sarcophaga bullata by transplantation of imaginal eye discs. Electrophysiological and histological observations of these supernumerary eyes indicate the absence of synaptic connections between retinular cells and higher order neurons.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, E3B 5A3, Fredericton, Canada

    P. Sivasubramanian & W. S. Stark

  2. Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, 65211, Columbia, Missouri, USA

    P. Sivasubramanian & W. S. Stark

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  1. P. Sivasubramanian
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Supported by an University of New Brunswick research grant to P.S. and NSF grant BNS-76-11921 and NIH grant 1-R01-EY-02487-01A1 to W.S.S.

We would like to thank Dr I.A. Meinertzhagen for suggestions and Mary Johnson for technical assistance.

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Sivasubramanian, P., Stark, W.S. Photoreceptor properties of an ectopic eye in the fleshfly,Sarcophaga bullata. Experientia 36, 993–994 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953841

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