Screen for genetic modifiers of stbm reveals that photoreceptor fate and rotation can be genetically uncoupled in the Drosophila eye.
Polarity of the Drosophila compound eye arises primarily as a consequence of two events that are tightly linked in time and space: fate specification of two photoreceptor cells, R3 and R4, and the subsequent directional movement of the unit eyes of the compound eye, or ommatidia. While it is thought...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-05-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1866179?pdf=render |