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We identify POU6F2-expressing RGCs essential for binocular predatory behavior. The POU6F2 RGCs are ON-OFF direction-selective RGCs that are vulnerable to glaucomatous injury. In\n                  <jats:italic>Pou6f2<\/jats:italic>\n                  knockout (\n                  <jats:italic>\n                    Pou6f2\n                    <jats:sup>-\/-<\/jats:sup>\n                  <\/jats:italic>\n                  ) mice, there is a 12% loss of RGCs, and these cells are the POU6F2-expressing RGCs. Functionally,\n                  <jats:italic>\n                    Pou6f2\n                    <jats:sup>-\/-<\/jats:sup>\n                  <\/jats:italic>\n                  mice exhibited profound deficits in contrast sensitivity. In this study we found a deficit in the ability of\n                  <jats:italic>\n                    Pou6f2\n                    <jats:sup>-\/-<\/jats:sup>\n                  <\/jats:italic>\n                  mice to perform a binocularly driven cricked predation test. Wildtype mice detect and capture the cricket rapidly; while, both\n                  <jats:italic>\n                    Pou6f2\n                    <jats:sup>-\/-<\/jats:sup>\n                  <\/jats:italic>\n                  mice and mice with one optic nerve crushed, required significant longer times to complete the task. After optic nerve crush no further impairment in performance is seen in the knockout mouse. 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