Motion detection (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Motion detection

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Light enters the compound eye of the fly, causing hexagonally arranged photoreceptors to send electrical signals through a complex neural network, enabling the fly to detect motion.

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Siwanowicz, I. & Loesche, F. / HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Lappalainen, J.K. / University of Tübingen

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Please credit Siwanowicz, I. & Loesche, F. / HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Lappalainen, J.K. / University of Tübingen

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