The relatively simple central nervous system (CNS) of the Drosophila embryo provides a useful model system for investigating the mechanisms that generate and pattern complex nervous systems. Central to the generation of different types of neurons by precursor neuroblasts is the initial specification
Microtubule polarity and axis formation in the Drosophila oocyte
β Scribed by Josefa Steinhauer; Daniel Kalderon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 479 KB
- Volume
- 235
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1058-8388
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