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Germ-plasm formation and germ-cell determination in Drosophila
1Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
|August 1, 1992
Abstract:
Germ cells in Drosophila form in a specialized cytoplasm that is critical for germ-cell development. Several genes involved in this process have been identified. By studying the temporal and functional sequence of interactions between their products, these genes can be ordered into a pathway for germ-plasm formation.