Single Cell RNA Sequencing of the Adult Drosophila Eye Reveals Distinct Clusters and Novel Marker Genes for All Major Cell Types

Although the adult Drosophila eye is an important model system for phototransduction and human disease research, high quality single cell resolution transcriptome data is lacking for this tissue. To address this, we performed single cell RNA-sequencing on wild-type Canton-S adult eyes from 1 day old male and female, 3-day and 7-day old male flies. These data sets will serve as an valuable resource for future research using the adult eye. Adult eyes of Canton-S flies were dissected and dissociated into single cell solution with collagenase. Single cells were analyzed with 10x Chromium based scRNA-seq