Transformation of external sensilla to chordotonal sensilla in the cut mutant of Drosophila assessed by single-cell marking in the embryo and larva.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19971215)39:6<492::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-G

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Transformation of external sensilla to chordotonal sensilla in the cut mutant of Drosophila assessed by single-cell marking in the embryo and larva.

Microscopy research and technique - 15 Dec 1997

Merritt D J

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The cut gene of Drosophila melanogaster is an identity selector gene that establishes the program of development and differentiation of external sense organs. Mutations in the cut gene cause a transformation of the external sense organs into chordotonal organs, originally assessed by the use of i...

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Animals
Crustacea
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Homeodomain Proteins
Insect Proteins
Larva
Mutation
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Nuclear Proteins
Phylogeny
Sense Organs
Transcription Factors

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