Primordial germ cell migration and the assembly of the Drosophila embryonic gonad.

Abstract excerpt

During embryogenesis Drosophila pole cells, like germ cells in many other vertebrates and invertebrates, actively migrate before assembling into the gonad. Five separate steps can be distinguished: an initial passive displacement of the germ cells by gastrulation movements, an amoeboid migratory...

Topics

• Alleles
• Animals
• Cell Movement
• Drosophila
• Embryo, Nonmammalian
• Gastrula
• Genotype
• Germ Cells
• Gonads
• Invertebrates
• Mesoderm
• Phenotype
• Vertebrates