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| The Eye-Antenna Disc and Eye Morphogenesis |
| Genes involved in tissue and organ development The Drosophila Adult Ommatidium: Specification of the eye versus the antenna
Genes expressed in eye morphogenesis Genes expressed in antennal differentiation Genes expressed in the development of Bolwig's organ (the larval eye) The extraretinal eyelet of Drosophila, the adult remnant of Bolwig's organ Proteins involved in visual signal transduction Image: Specification of the eye disc primordium and establishment of dorsal/ventral asymmetry |
![]() Progression of the morphogenetic furrow across the eye disc |
Related sites: Odorant Receptors and Auditory apparatus of Drosophila
For information on Bolwig's organ cell fate determination see the tailless Biological Overview Bolwig's organ
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