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This light microscopy image of the Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) retina shows the five traditional oil droplet types and the additional orange, conical structures belonging to the newly described photoreceptor. Image credit: Tyrrell et al, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51774-w.

Biologists Discover Previously Unknown Cellular Structure in Retina of Insect-Eating Birds

Dec 18, 2019 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers has found a novel retinal structure in the eyes of New World flycatchers. Named the megamitochondria-small oil droplet complex (MMOD...