ABSTRACT
The mutant fused (1−59.5) belongs to a class of lethal mutations in Drosophila melanogaster that produce pattern duplications in every segment of the mature embryo. A study of the embryonic development of fused− embryos derived from fused− mothers shows that extensive cell death occurs early in development. This cell death accounts for the smaller size of the segments in fused− embryos. The pattern duplication observed is, probably, a secondary consequence of the pattern deletion.
Copyright © 1985 by Company of Biologists
1985
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