[New approaches in developmental genetics and gene therapy: xenotransplantation of Drosophila embryonic nerve cells into the brain of vertebrate animals].

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The author's studies dealing with xenotransplantations of the embryonic nervous tissue into the brain of amphibian and mammals are reviewed. Drosophila nerve cells have been shown to survive inside the brain, differentiate, form ganglion-resembling structure, and come into synaptic contact with the host tissue. The embryonic nerve cells of transgenic Delta mutants of Drosophila melanogaster carrying a gene of...

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