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Developmental control of the orientation of cuticular structures inDrosophila

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A scanning electron microscope study of bristle mutations inDrosophila melanogaster has shown that the cell hairs (trichomes) can be altered in predictable ways. The trichomes appear to act as markers of a diffusion gradient dttermining the orientation of cuticular structures in the thorax.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, 73019, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    J. V. Toney & J. N. Thompson Jr

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We are grateful to W.F. Chissoe and M.R. Whitmore for theil help with the electron microscopy.

This work was supported by DHEW-NIGMS grant GM2480901.

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Toney, J.V., Thompson, J.N. Developmental control of the orientation of cuticular structures inDrosophila. Experientia 36, 644–645 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01970111

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