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PVF1/PVR signaling and apoptosis promotes the rotation and dorsal closure of the Drosophila male terminalia.
The International journal of developmental biology - 1 Dec 2004
Macías Ana, Romero Nuria M, Martín Francisco, Suárez Leonardo, Rosa Alberto L, Morata Ginés
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila adult male terminalia originate from the genital disc. During the pupal stages, the external parts of terminalia evert from two ventral stalks; the everted left and right dorsal halves fuse at the dorsal midline. At the same time the male terminalia perform a 360 clockwise rotation. Several mutations are known to affect the rotation of the male terminalia, while none is known to affect dorsal...
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