Dosage dependence of maternal contribution to somatic cell division in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1242/dev.113.4.1357

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Dosage dependence of maternal contribution to somatic cell division in Drosophila melanogaster.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Dec 1991

Carmena M, Gonzalez C, Casal J, Ripoll P

Abstract excerpt

Most mitotic mutants in Drosophila do not lead to lethality in early development despite the highly abnormal chromosome behaviour that they elicit. This has been explained as being the effect of maternally provided wild-type products. We have tested this hypothesis by studying cuticular clones de...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Cell Division
Cloning, Molecular
Drosophila
Female
Genotype
Male
Mitosis
Mutation
Phenotype
Spindle Apparatus
Temperature

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