Tiling mechanisms of the compound eye through geometrical tessellation
Sato, M.; Hayashi, T.; Tomomizu, T.; Sushida, T.; Akiyama, M.; Ei, S.-I.
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Tilling patterns are observed in many biological structures. Hexagonal tilling, commonly observed in the compound eyes of wild-type Drosophila, is dominant in nature; this dominance can probably be attributed to physical restrictions such as structural robustness, minimal boundary length, and space filling efficiency. Surprisingly, tetragonal tiling patterns are also observed in some Drosophila small eye mutants and aquatic crustaceans. Herein, geometrical tessellation is shown to determine the ommatidial tiling patterns. In small eye mutants, the hexagonal pattern is transformed into a tetragonal pattern as the relative positions of neighboring ommatidia are stretched along the dorsal-ventral axis. Hence, the regular distribution of ommatidia and their uniform growth collectively play an essential role in the establishment of tetragonal and hexagonal tiling patterns in compound eyes.
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