Defective glia in the Drosophila brain degeneration mutant drop-dead.

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To understand better the cellular basis of late-onset neuronal degeneration, we have examined the brain of the drop-dead mutant of Drosophila. This mutant carries an X-chromosomal recessive mutation that causes severe behavioral defects and brain degeneration, manifested a few days after emergence of the adult. Analysis of genetically mosaic flies has indicated that the focus of the drop-dead mutant phenotype is...

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