Brain of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

Brain of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

Caption

Image showing the brain of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (in blue). Nerve cells that together form the two “mushroom bodies” are coloured yellow using gene-markers. The research group is working on deciphering the circuits formed by these nerve cells.

Credit

David Vasmer

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