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1Thimann Laboratories, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA.
Abstract:
A temperature-sensitive mutant strain (shibire) has been used to probe the normal developmental process in Drosophila melanogaster. At high temperatures lethality occurs during embryonic development. Heat pulses given early disrupt cellular blastoderm formation in these mutants. Even in the absence of cells, the embryo begins morphogenetic movements characteristic of gastrulation. With heat pulses given later, the embryonic cells proliferate without normal differentiation.
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