Developmental constraints in the Drosophila wing

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D GuerraSandro Cavicchi

Abstract

Selection experiments for shortening the four longitudinal veins in a wild population of Drosophila melanogaster have been performed to evaluate how a local change is integrated in the wing development. Our results show that, though many units of selection seem to exist within a given organ, these are strongly constrained within the developmental programme, in such a way that only some predictable forms are expected. The results are discussed in terms of the 'Entelechia' model proposed by Garcia-Bellido in which the intercalarity of positional values promoted by 'martial' genes in a given organ is the driving force for controlled cell proliferation.

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Jan 1, 1992·Annual Review of Genetics·A Garcia-Bellido, J F de Celis
Oct 24, 1973·Nature: New Biology·A Garcia-BellidoG Morata
Jun 1, 1994·Mechanisms of Development·M González-GaitánA García-Bellido
Oct 11, 1994·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·A García-BellidoM Milán
Jan 23, 1996·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·M MilánA García-Bellido

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Jun 26, 2001·Bioelectromagnetics·M Stamenković-RadakM Andjelković
Sep 27, 2000·Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution·C P Klingenberg, S D Zaklan
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