The orthodenticle gene is regulated by bicoid and torso and specifies Drosophila head development.

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The orthodenticle gene is regulated by bicoid and torso and specifies Drosophila head development.

Nature - 2 Aug 1990

Finkelstein R, Perrimon N

Abstract excerpt

In the Drosophila embryo, cell fate along the anterior-posterior axis is determined by maternally expressed genes. The activity of the bicoid (bcd) gene is required for the development of larval head and thoracic structures, and that of maternal torso (tor) for the development of the unsegmented...

Topics

Animals
Blastoderm
Drosophila
Gene Expression Regulation
Genes, Homeobox
Head
Mutation
Phenotype
Transcription, Genetic

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