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Would this map of neuronal connections be the same on all fruit flies of that species? Or does it vary between individuals?
by fnord77 7y ago
Would this map of neuronal connections be the same on all fruit flies of that species?
Or does it vary between individuals?
- refurb 7y agoI’d be shocked if there wasn’t some variation across individuals, but suspect that at a high level, the major structures are the same.
- fnord77 7y agocorrect me if I'm wrong, but I thought this map isn't at the high level. It is a map of every single neuron connection for this region of the fly's brain. As low-level as it gets.
- refurb 7y agoSure. But the question was - is every brain the same. I would say it’s similar, but not identical. Kind of like the first human genome sequenced. It’s just one humans DNA, but any give human has very similar DNA. Small differences matter greatly though.