Tiling mechanisms of the Drosophila compound eye through geometrical tessellation
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Highlights
- Tetragonal as well as hexagonal tiling patterns are formed in the fly eye
- Geometrical tessellation determines the ommatidial tiling pattern
- Distribution of ommatidia and their uniform growth establish the tiling patterns
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Article Information:
Takashi Hayashi, Takeshi Tomomizu, Takamichi Sushida, Masakazu Akiyama, Shin-Ichiro Ei, Makoto Sato,
Tiling mechanisms of the Drosophila compound eye through geometrical tessellation
Current Biology
Published:April 06, 2022
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.046