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Science 19 March 1971:
Vol. 171. no. 3976, pp. 1167 - 1169
DOI: 10.1126/science.171.3976.1167
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Photosensitivity of the Circadian Rhythm and of Visual Receptors in Carotenoid-Depleted Drosophila

William F. Zimmerman 1 and Timothy H. Goldsmith 2

1 Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
2 Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520

Drosophila melanogaster was raised on aseptic diets, with and without beta-carotene. The sensitivity of visual receptors in the carotenoid-depleted flies was lowered 3 log units, but the photosensitivity of the circadian rhythm was not affected. This result suggests that the chromophore of the photopigment which mediates light effects on the circadian rhythm is not a carotenoid derivative.


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