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Mutual exclusion of sensory bristles and tendons on the notum of dipteran flies.
Current biology : CB - 22 Jun 2004
Usui Kazuya, Pistillo Daniela, Simpson Pat
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BACKGROUND: Genes of the achaete-scute complex encode transcription factors whose activity regulates the development of neural cells. The spatially restricted expression of achaete-scute on the mesonotum of higher flies governs the development and positioning of the large sensory bristles. On the scutum the bristles are arranged into conserved patterns, based on an ancestral arrangement of four longitudinal rows....
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