The genetic control of cell proliferation in Drosophila imaginal discs.

doi:10.1242/jcs.1990.supplement_13.16

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The genetic control of cell proliferation in Drosophila imaginal discs.

Journal of cell science. Supplement - 1 Jan 1990

Bryant P J, Schmidt O

Abstract excerpt

The imaginal discs of Drosophila provide a favorable system for the analysis of the mechanisms controlling developmental cell proliferation, because of the separation in time between cell proliferation and differentiation, and the facility with which controlling genes can be identified and charac...

Topics

Aging
Animals
Cell Communication
Cell Division
Drosophila
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Growth Substances
Mutation
Regeneration

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