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Dissection of Imaginal Discs from 3rd Instar Drosophila Larvae
Published on: February 17, 2007
The embryonic origin of imaginal discs in Drosophila
Development (Cambridge, England)
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
The thoracic imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster can be observed during embryogenesis as clusters of cells with particular shapes, sizes and behaviours. These structures can be detected soon after germ band shortening and their development appears to be tightly linked to that of the larval epidermis.
