ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPARTMENTS IN DEVELOPING LEG IMAGINAL DISKS OF DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER
ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPARTMENTS IN DEVELOPING LEG IMAGINAL DISKS OF DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER
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10.1007/bf00848882
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
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STEINER, E
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STEINER, E
Using X-irradiation of M/M+ embryos and larvae to induce mitotic recombination, clones of M+/M+ genotype were obtained. Since such cells grow faster than the surrounding M/M+-cells they can fill large areas within the compartments of an imaginal disc. The present studies concentrated mainly on the 3 leg discs. Clones were induced by doses of 1000 R at ages ranging from 3 .+-. 0.5 h after oviposition to 144 h. All clones induced later than the blastoderm stage were absolutely restricted to either the anterior or the posterior compartment of a disc. The border between the anterior and posterior compartment runs as a straight line along the entire leg and at the distal end separates the 2 claws. A further subdivision of the anterior compartment is indicated by clones initiated in the 2nd larval instar. A parallel subdivision could not be detected in the posterior compartment. Irradiation in the early 3rd instar led to clones which were restricted to single longitudinal bristle rows and leg segments. But no clear-cut compartment borders could be found; in particular a proximo-distal separation appears to be absent. Among the 318 clones induced at the blastoderm stage, 11 extended from the wing into the 2nd leg, or from the haltere into the 3rd leg. With the exception of 3 clones that apparently occupied the anterior as well as the posterior compartment of a wing or a leg, all clones remained confined to either the anterior or the posterior compartment. Frequently clones overlapped left and right forelegs. Intersegmental overlaps were not observed. The earliest compartment borders appeared in all thoracic discs, suggesting that compartmentalization was a fundamental process common to all discs.