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Drosophila retinal pigment cell death is regulated in a position-dependent manner by a cell memory gene.
The International journal of developmental biology - 1 Jan 2008
Dos-Santos Nicolas, Rubin Thomas, Chalvet Fabienne, Gandille Pierre, Cremazy Frederic, Leroy Jacqueline, Boissonneau Elisabeth, Théodore Laurent
Abstract excerpt
The stereotyped organization of the Drosophila compound eye depends on the elimination by apoptosis of about 25% of the inter-ommatidial pigment cell precursors (IOCs) during metamorphosis. This program of cell death is under antagonistic effects of the Notch and the EGFR pathways. In addition, u...
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