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Specification of cell fate in the developing eye of Drosophila.
Development (Cambridge, England). Supplement - 1 Jan 1991
Hafen E, Basler K
Abstract excerpt
Determination of cell fate in the developing eye of Drosophila depends on cellular interactions. In the eye imaginal disc, an initially unpatterned epithelial sheath of cells, single cells are specified in regular intervals to become the R8 photoreceptor cells. Genes such as Notch and scabrous participate in this process suggesting that specification of ommatidial founder cells and the formation of bristles in...
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