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A new allele uncovers the role of echinus in the control of ommatidial rotation in the Drosophila eye.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 Oct 2007
Montrasio Silvia, Mlodzik Marek, Fanto Manolis
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The precise orientation of the ommatidia in the Drosophila eye is achieved through a specialized process of cell migration taking place in the third-instar eye imaginal disc when ommatidial clusters rotate by 90 degrees. This process is strictly coordinated with the establishment of planar cell polarity (PCP), but it relies on a specific set of genes that control its mechanism independently from PCP signaling....
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