Movie 1.

An ommatidium in a retina imaged from 35 to 43 h APF. LifeactGFP labels Factin, driven by GMR-GAL4. Expression of LifeactGFP was inconsistent in CCs, and bristles are also not labelled in the ommatidia shown. ARAFs become increasingly dense and organized over time. Resolution of F-actin when imaged in the live eye is lower than when imaged in tissue dissected from the pupal head.

Generation and maintenance of apical rib-like actin fibers in epithelial support cells of the Drosophila eye

Abhi Bhattarai, Emily W. McGhie, Joshua C. Woo, Srijana Niraula, Patrick Rosetti, Jaxon M. Kim, Ezekiel Popoola, and Ruth I. Johnson

Development 2026. 153:None-None; doi: 10.1242/dev.204931