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Ecdysone-dependent and ecdysone-independent programmed cell death in the developing optic lobe of Drosophila.
Developmental biology - 1 Feb 2013
Hara Yusuke, Hirai Keiichiro, Togane Yu, Akagawa Hiromi, Iwabuchi Kikuo, Tsujimura Hidenobu
Abstract excerpt
The adult optic lobe of Drosophila develops from the primordium during metamorphosis from mid-3rd larval stage to adult. Many cells die during development of the optic lobe with a peak of the number of dying cells at 24 h after puparium formation (h APF). Dying cells were observed in spatio-temporal specific clusters. Here, we analyzed the function of a component of the insect steroid hormone receptor, EcR, in...
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