Oocyte determination and the origin of polarity in Drosophila: the role of the spindle genes.

doi:10.1242/dev.124.24.4927

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Oocyte determination and the origin of polarity in Drosophila: the role of the spindle genes.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Dec 1997

González-Reyes A, Elliott H, St Johnston D

Abstract excerpt

The two main body axes in Drosophila become polarised as a result of a series of symmetry-breaking steps during oogenesis. Two of the sixteen germline cells in each egg chamber develop as pro-oocytes, and the first asymmetry arises when one of these cells is selected to become the oocyte. Anterio...

Topics

Animals
Body Patterning
Cell Differentiation
Cell Polarity
Chorion
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Genes, Insect
Insect Proteins
Mutation
Oocytes
Oogenesis
Phenotype
RNA, Messenger
Transforming Growth Factor alpha
Transforming Growth Factors

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