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Mutation in rugose gene locus affects the pigment cell number and alters the optic lobe phenotype in the Drosophila visual system.
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology - 1 Dec 2003
Shamloula Hoda K
Abstract excerpt
In the Drosophila melanogaster, developmental signals orchestrate cell differentiation in a sequential manner which lead to precise neural and cellular patterns. The previous work demonstrated that the rugose (rg) gene is required for proper differentiation of the cone and pigment cells in the Drosophila compound eye. In this study, the pigment cell number in several ommatidia in rugose mutant eyes was analyzed...
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