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Most of the nonphototactic mutants of Drosophila respond to light stimuli with normal electroretinograms. Mutants x-7 and tan, however, seem to represent mutants of the visual pathway. Their electroretinograms have two components—a fast one and a slow one—representing separate processes.
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PAK, W., GROSSFIELD, J. & WHITE, N. Nonphototactic Mutants in a Study of Vision of Drosophila. Nature 222, 351–354 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222351a0
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