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Non-autonomy in achaete mosaics of Drosophila

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

J. H. Claxton  and
Kritaya Kongsuwan
J. H. Claxton
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W. 2351, Australia
Kritaya Kongsuwan
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W. 2351, Australia
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Numbers of bristles are reduced in the dorsocentral regions of achaete Drosophila melanogaster. In achaete tissue of mosaics the effect is not uniform, and near the clone boundaries bristle numbers are significantly higher than they are elsewhere in the clone. It is argued that the cause of this non-autonomy stems from ‘factors’ that spread into the achaete clone from surrounding non-achaete cells.

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Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , February 1976 , pp. 11 - 22
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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