...Jan Inge Øvrebø; Bruce A. Edgar ABSTRACT Polyploid cells, which contain multiple copies of the typically diploid genome, are widespread in plants and animals. Polyploidization can be developmentally programmed or stress induced, and arises from either cell-cell fusion or a process known...

... were acquired. All images were deconvolved using NIS-Elements software (Nikon). An area was drawn around the diploid or polyploid nucleus of selected in-focus stacks using the NIS-Elements draw bezier ROI tool, and the adaptive background compensation function was used to decrease background signal...

.... The Drosophila larva consists predominantly of differentiated polyploid tissues that support the growth and eventual metamorphosis of the mitotic imaginal discs and nervous system, which will give rise to the tissues of the adult animal (see Gilbert, 2003 ). Although growth of the imaginal discs...