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Automated Charting of the Visual Space of Housefly Compound Eyes
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Biology
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JoVE Journal Biology
Automated Charting of the Visual Space of Housefly Compound Eyes
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08:34 min

March 31, 2022

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Chapters

  • 00:05Introduction
  • 00:59Preparation of a Housefly, Musca domestica
  • 02:13Alignment of the Goniometer’s Rotating Azimuth Axis with the Microscope Optical Axis
  • 03:17Alignment of the Fly Eye with the Motorized Stages
  • 04:38Autofocusing and Autocentering
  • 06:00Results: The Measurement of the Spatial Organization of the Visual Axes of Housefly Eyes
  • 07:41Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

The protocol here describes the measurement of the spatial organization of the visual axes of housefly eyes, mapped by an automatic device, using the pseudopupil phenomenon and the pupil mechanism of the photoreceptor cells.

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