Mutations that affect the length, fasciculation, or ventral orientation of specific sensory axons in the Drosophila embryo.

doi:10.1016/0896-6273(95)90033-0

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Mutations that affect the length, fasciculation, or ventral orientation of specific sensory axons in the Drosophila embryo.

Neuron - 1 Aug 1995

Kolodziej P A, Jan L Y, Jan Y N

Abstract excerpt

In wild-type Drosophila embryos, five lateral chordotonal (lch) axons in each abdominal hemisegment originate from a midlaterally positioned cluster of neurons and grow, fasciculate, and orient ventrally as they connect with targets in the CNS. We have identified 22 recessive lethal mutations in...

Topics

Animals
Axons
Cell Size
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genes, Insect
Genes, Lethal
Genes, Recessive
Genetic Complementation Test
Genetic Techniques
Male
Morphogenesis
Mutation
Neurons, Afferent

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