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Migration of Drosophila intestinal stem cells across organ boundaries.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 2013
Takashima Shigeo, Paul Manash, Aghajanian Patrick, Younossi-Hartenstein Amelia, Hartenstein Volker
Abstract excerpt
All components of the Drosophila intestinal tract, including the endodermal midgut and ectodermal hindgut/Malpighian tubules, maintain populations of dividing stem cells. In the midgut and hindgut, these stem cells originate from within larger populations of intestinal progenitors that proliferate during the larval stage and form the adult intestine during metamorphosis. The origin of stem cells found in the...
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