The Drosophila eyes absent gene directs ectopic eye formation in a pathway conserved between flies and vertebrates.

doi:10.1242/dev.124.23.4819

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The Drosophila eyes absent gene directs ectopic eye formation in a pathway conserved between flies and vertebrates.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Dec 1997

Bonini N M, Bui Q T, Gray-Board G L, Warrick J M

Abstract excerpt

The fly eyes absent (eya) gene which is essential for compound eye development in Drosophila, was shown to be functionally replaceable in eye development by a vertebrate Eya homolog. The relationship between eya and that of the eyeless gene, a Pax-6 homolog, critical for eye formation in both fli...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Eye
Eye Proteins
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Genes, Insect
Mutation
Vertebrates

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