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Table 2

Distribution of dv photoreceptor cells expressing either P450 or P357 (from Fig. 10) in central domains of the retinal mosaic ofManduca sexta

		Equatorial patch
	Dorsal patch^¹	Dorsal	Ventral	Ventral patch
Number of retinulae	554	341	216	1112
Retinulae with two stained dv cells	12	177	171	1107
Retinulae with one stained dv cell	516	155	41	5
Retinulae with no stained dv cells	26	9	4	0
Number of stained dv cells	540	509	383	2219
dv cells expressing P450	184	130	254	1524
dv cells expressing P357	356	379	129	695
Density of blue-sensitive cells^²	33.2	38.1	117.6	136.9
Density of UV-sensitive cells^²	64.3	111.1	59.7	62.4

		Equatorial patch
	Dorsal patch^¹	Dorsal	Ventral	Ventral patch
Number of retinulae	554	341	216	1112
Retinulae with two stained dv cells	12	177	171	1107
Retinulae with one stained dv cell	516	155	41	5
Retinulae with no stained dv cells	26	9	4	0
Number of stained dv cells	540	509	383	2219
dv cells expressing P450	184	130	254	1524
dv cells expressing P357	356	379	129	695
Density of blue-sensitive cells^²	33.2	38.1	117.6	136.9
Density of UV-sensitive cells^²	64.3	111.1	59.7	62.4

Dorsal rim area not included.

Number of stained cells per 100 retinulae.