Connectomics: From form to function in butterfly colour vision

Anna Stöckl

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.026

Connectomics: From form to function in butterfly colour vision

Curr Biol. 2022 May 23;32(10):R459-R461. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.026.

Author

Anna Stöckl¹

Affiliation

¹ Chair of Zoology 2, Würzburg University, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 35609541
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.026

Abstract

A recent study has revealed how the connectivity of neurons in the lamina of the Asian swallowtail butterfly forms the basis of this insect's exceptional colour vision through two circuit motifs: colour opponency of photoreceptors and broadband colour integration by lamina neurons.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Butterflies* / physiology
Color Perception / physiology
Color Vision*
Connectome*
Photoreceptor Cells