logo Genes involved in organ development

Expression patterns: (1) Early zygotic gene expression, (2) Germ-band extension,

(3) Germ-band extension 2, (4) CNS expression and 5) Stages 12 through 16

  • Brain
  • Central nervous system also known as the ventral cord
  • Dendritic development
  • Dorsal closure
  • Eye
  • Gastrulation
  • Germband extension
  • Germband retraction
  • Glia
  • Gut ectoderm - foregut and hindgut
  • Gut endoderm - anterior and posterior midgut - midgut
  • Gonads - ovaries and testis
  • Head
  • Heart, blood and fat body
  • Imaginal disc determination
  • Legs
  • Malpighian tubules
  • Muscle - heart, somatic and visceral
  • Olfactory receptor neurons
  • Oogenesis
  • Peripheral nervous system
  • Respiratory system - tracheae and spiracles
  • Ring gland
  • Salivary gland
  • Spermatogenesis
  • Stomatogastric nervous system
  • Ventral midline of the central nervous system
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