| Range |
10,000-15,000 neurons
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| Organism |
Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster |
| Reference |
Scott et al. A Chemosensory Gene Family Encoding Candidate Gustatory and Olfactory Receptors in Drosophila. Cell. 2001 Mar. 104(5) pp.661-673 p.666 right columnPubMed ID11257221
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| Method |
Using number of neuroblasts and number of cell divisions |
| Comments |
8,000 to 9,000 neurons in the entire ventral CNS of larva according to Bate 1993 The development of D. melanogaster volume II p.1247 2nd paragraph. The number of neurons in an adult Drosophila brain is about 10-20 fold higher. |
| Entered by |
Phil Mongiovi |
| ID |
101672 |