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Drosophila segmentation genes and blastoderm cell identities
Author(s) -
Gergen J. Peter
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.950060205
Subject(s) - blastoderm , multicellular organism , drosophila (subgenus) , segmentation , biology , gene , embryo , genetics , evolutionary biology , computational biology , embryogenesis , artificial intelligence , computer science
The formation of the segmentation pattern in Drosophila embryos provides an excellent model for investigating the process of pattern formation in multicellular organisms. Several genes required in an embryo for normal segmentation have been analyzed by classical and molecular genetic and morphological techniques. A detailed consideration of these results suggests that these segmentation genes are combinatorially involved in translating the positional identities of individual cells at an early stage in Drosophila development.