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The gene serpent has homeotic properties and specifies endoderm versus ectoderm within the Drosophila gut.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 1994
Reuter R
Abstract excerpt
The gut of Drosophila consists of ectodermally derived foregut and hindgut and endodermally derived midgut. Here I show that the gene serpent plays a key role in the development of the endoderm. serpent embryos lack the entire midgut and do not show endodermal differentiation. They gastrulate normally and form proper amnioproctodeal and anterior midgut invaginations. However, the prospective anterior midgut cells...
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