Normal function of the mushroom body defect gene of Drosophila is required for the regulation of the number and proliferation of neuroblasts.

doi:10.1006/dbio.1994.1034

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Normal function of the mushroom body defect gene of Drosophila is required for the regulation of the number and proliferation of neuroblasts.

Developmental biology - 1 Feb 1994

Prokop A, Technau G M

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In the developing central nervous system of Drosophila, proliferation follows a reproducible and well-described spatial and temporal pattern. This pattern involves a defined number and distribution of neural stem cells (neuroblasts), as well as a precisely regulated time course of division of the...

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Animals
Brain
Cell Count
Cell Division
Drosophila
Mutation
Neurons
Stem Cells

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