2019.09.04

Eye of the Flycatcher

Structures in the birds’ retinas may be key to their motiontracking abilities

Oil droplets surround a large mitochondrion in an Acadian flycatcher eye. |“A Novel Cellular Structure in the Photoreceptors of Insectivorous Birds,” by Luke P. Tyrrell et al. Preprint posted at bioRxiv on February 15, 2019

Oil droplets surround a large mitochondrion in an Acadian flycatcher eye. |“A Novel Cellular Structure in the Photoreceptors of Insectivorous Birds,” by Luke P. Tyrrell et al. Preprint posted at bioRxiv on February 15, 2019

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