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Strabismus, a novel gene that regulates tissue polarity and cell fate decisions in Drosophila.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Mar 1998
Wolff T, Rubin G M
Abstract excerpt
Polarity in the Drosophila eye is manifested as a dorsoventral reflection of two chiral forms of the individual unit eyes, or ommatidia. These forms fall on opposite sides of a dorsoventral midline of mirror symmetry known as the equator. Polarity is established in the eye imaginal disc as cells adopt their fates and as the ommatidial precursors undergo coordinated rotation within the epithelium; the mechanisms...
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