Heart development in Drosophila requires the segment polarity gene wingless.

doi:10.1006/dbio.1995.1174

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Heart development in Drosophila requires the segment polarity gene wingless.

Developmental biology - 1 Jun 1995

Wu X, Golden K, Bodmer R

Abstract excerpt

Mesoderm induction has been studied in many systems and some of the factors involved have been identified. Although the heart is mesodermal in origin, the molecular basis of heart development is essentially unknown. The Drosophila heart is a simple tubular structure similar to the early heart tub...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Female
Genes, Insect
Heart
Male
Muscles
Mutation
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Wnt1 Protein

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