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An essential role for zygotic expression in the pre-cellular Drosophila embryo.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2013
Ali-Murthy Zehra, Lott Susan E, Eisen Michael B, Kornberg Thomas B
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila embryo proceeds through thirteen mitotic divisions as a syncytium. Its nuclei distribute in the embryo's interior during the first six divisions, dividing synchronously with a cycle time of less than ten minutes. After seven divisions (nuclear cycle 8), the syncytial blastoderm forms as the nuclei approach the embryo surface and slow their cycle time; subsequent divisions proceed in waves that...
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