Mi8 = Mi9 Label Update

Hi Flyers!

Just a quick update for folks that we received information from researchers that Fischbach may have defined too many subtypes of some cells. One of these is the Mi8/Mi9 cells. It has been confirmed that Mi8 and Mi9 cells in the Fischbach paper are the same cell type. Please label any Mi8 cells as Mi9 cells moving forward.

I know it’s been tough to differentiate between the two, so this news makes things just a little bit easier :slight_smile:

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Hmm, I’ve already marked (a couple of months ago) almost all in the left optic lobe as Mi8 (and none as Mi9). Should I relabel all of them?

Edit:
In the same vein: Mi12 are actually Lawf2 that are missing their “umbrella” in the lamina. And Y5 and Y6 are both probably Y3. TmY8 is probably TmY3.

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I’m checking to see if we can get those automatically relabeled. I will let you know!

UPDATE: Yes, we’ll automatically update them. So you’re all set, you do not need to relabel :smiley:

And yes, I agree with those other label corrections!

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