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Diaz, N.N., Sprecher, S.G. (2011). Photoreceptors: unconventional ways of seeing.  Curr. Biol. 21(1): R25--R27.
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FBrf0212723
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Abstract
Animals perceive light typically by photoreceptor neurons assembled in eyes, but some also use non-eye photosensory neurons. Multidendritic neurons in the body wall of Drosophila larvae have now been shown to use an unconventional phototransduction mechanism to sense light.
PubMed ID
21215932
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DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2010.11.063
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    Language of Publication
    English
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    Publication Type
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    Abbreviation
    Curr. Biol.
    Title
    Current Biology
    Publication Year
    1991-
    ISBN/ISSN
    0960-9822
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