Homeotic genes have specific functional roles in the establishment of the Drosophila embryonic peripheral nervous system.

doi:10.1242/dev.115.1.35

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Homeotic genes have specific functional roles in the establishment of the Drosophila embryonic peripheral nervous system.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 1992

Heuer J G, Kaufman T C

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The Drosophila embryonic peripheral nervous system (PNS) contains segment-specific spatial patterns of sensory organs which derive from the ectoderm. Many studies have established that the homeotic genes of Drosophila control segment specific characteristics of the epidermis, and more recently th...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila
Gene Expression
Genes, Homeobox
Immunohistochemistry
Morphogenesis
Peripheral Nerves
Phenotype
Sense Organs

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