@article{TsaiGrimmChaoetal.2015,
  author    = {Tsai, Yu-Chen and Grimm, Stefan and Chao, Ju-Lan and Wang, Shih-Chin and Hofmeyer, Kerstin and Shen, Jie and Eichinger, Fred and Michalopoulou, Theoni and Yao, Chi-Kuang and Chang, Chih-Hsuan and Lin, Shih-Han and Sun, Y. Henry and Pflugfelder, Gert O.},
  title     = {Optomotor-blind negatively regulates Drosophila eye development by blocking Jak/STAT signaling},
  series = {PLoS ONE},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {PLoS ONE},
  number    = {3},
  doi       = {10.1371/journal.pone.0120236},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-143577},
  pages     = {e0120236},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Organ formation requires a delicate balance of positive and negative regulators. In Drosophila eye development, wingless (wg) is expressed at the lateral margins of the eye disc and serves to block retinal development. The T-box gene optomotor-blind (omb) is expressed in a similar pattern and is regulated by Wg. Omb mediates part of Wg activity in blocking eye development. Omb exerts its function primarily by blocking cell proliferation. These effects occur predominantly in the ventral margin. Our results suggest that the primary effect of Omb is the blocking of Jak/STAT signaling by repressing transcription of upd which encodes the Jak receptor ligand Unpaired.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{YilmazAksoyCamlitepeetal.2014,
  author    = {Yilmaz, Ayse and Aksoy, Volkan and Camlitepe, Yilmaz and Giurfa, Martin},
  title     = {Eye structure, activity rhythms, and visually-driven behavior are tuned to visual niche in ants},
  series = {Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience},
  volume    = {8},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience},
  doi       = {10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00205},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-119595},
  pages     = {205},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Insects have evolved physiological adaptations and behavioral strategies that allow them to cope with a broad spectrum of environmental challenges and contribute to their evolutionary success. Visual performance plays a key role in this success. Correlates between life style and eye organization have been reported in various insect species. Yet, if and how visual ecology translates effectively into different visual discrimination and learning capabilities has been less explored. Here we report results from optical and behavioral analyses performed in two sympatric ant species, Formica cunicularia and Camponotus aethiops. We show that the former are diurnal while the latter are cathemeral. Accordingly, F. cunicularia workers present compound eyes with higher resolution, while C. aethiops workers exhibit eyes with lower resolution but higher sensitivity. The discrimination and learning of visual stimuli differs significantly between these species in controlled dual-choice experiments: discrimination learning of small-field visual stimuli is achieved by F. cunicularia but not by C. aethiops, while both species master the discrimination of large-field visual stimuli. Our work thus provides a paradigmatic example about how timing of foraging activities and visual environment match the organization of compound eyes and visually-driven behavior. This correspondence underlines the relevance of an ecological/evolutionary framework for analyses in behavioral neuroscience.},
  language  = {en}
}