cell clones and pattern formation: Studies onsevenless,a mutant ofDrosophila melanogaster |
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Authors: | J. A. Campos-Ortega Gerd Jürgens Alois Hofbauer |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institut für Biologie III, Schänzlestraße 1, D-7800 Freiburg i.Br., Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary sevLY3,the only existing allele at thesev locus (1–33,2±0,2), behaves as strongly hypomorph or even as amorph. Ommatidia in asev compound eye have only seven receptor cells, the position of the R7 pattern element being vacant. Various criteria showing that the missing cell is R7 have been verified. These include (i) anatomical characteristics ofsev ommatidia; (ii) behaviour of central R cells insev rdgB double mutants; (iii) medullary projection of central R cell axons; and (iv) mitotic pattern ofsev imaginal discs. The analysis of morphogeneticsev-sev+ mosaics has shown thatsev is expressed autonomously by R7 cells, indicating that thesev phenotype is not due to asev genotype of ommatidial pattern elements other than R7. The study of third instarsev imaginal discs has not brought any direct evidence for death of clustered presumptive R7 cells; however, clonal analysis of the developingsev compound eye has given evidence of developmental parameters comparable to those ofsev+, therefore favouring the hypothesis that R7 cells die insev mutants. On the other hand,sev+ seems to be required for the determination of the R7 cells, since thesev phenotype cannot be uncovered during the last mitoses of heterozygous mutant cells. |
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Keywords: | Compound eye Development Determination of R7 cells sevenless mutant analysis Drosophila |
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