Information for the dorsal--ventral pattern of the Drosophila embryo is stored as maternal mRNA.

doi:10.1038/311223a0

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Information for the dorsal--ventral pattern of the Drosophila embryo is stored as maternal mRNA.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Anderson K V, Nüsslein-Volhard C

Abstract excerpt

Maternal-effect mutations in 10 loci in Drosophila produce totally 'dorsalized' embryos. Injection of RNA isolated from wild-type embryos into mutants at six loci partially restores dorsal-ventral polarity. For the mutant snake, injection of poly(A)+ RNA restores a complete dorsal-ventral pattern.

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Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Morphogenesis
Phenotype
RNA, Messenger

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