Posterior-to-anterior transformation in engrailed wing imaginal disks of Drosophila.

doi:10.1038/310496a0

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Posterior-to-anterior transformation in engrailed wing imaginal disks of Drosophila.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Brower D L

Abstract excerpt

Segments in the Drosophila adult are divided into clonally distinct anterior and posterior compartments. Mutations at the engrailed locus can affect the pattern of cuticular structures in the posterior compartments of segments, but have no obvious effect on anterior structures; for example, brist...

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Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Drosophila melanogaster
Larva
Morphogenesis
Mutation
Wings, Animal

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