Revisiting bicoid function: complete inactivation reveals an additional fundamental role in Drosophila egg geometry specification
Abstract Introduction The bicoid (bcd) gene in Drosophila has served as a paradigm for a morphogen in textbooks for decades. Discovered in 1986 as a mutation affecting anterior development in the embryo, its expression pattern as a protein gradient later confirmed the prediction from transplantation...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Hereditas |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41065-023-00305-9 |