Drosophila Eye Development

The compound eye of Drosophila is used as a model for human disease and homology to eyes in other taxa. This book covers the major discoveries on the development of the compound eye of Drosophila melanogaster over the last 25 years. These include aspects

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Kevin Moses (Ed.)

Drosophila Eye Development With 58 Figures

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Dr. KEVIN MOSES Department of Cell Biology Emory University School of Medicine 1648 Pierce Drive NE Atlanta, Ga 30322-3030 USA

ISSN 0080-1844 ISBN 978-3-642-53640-3 ISBN 978-3-540-45398-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-45398-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Drosophila eye development 1 Kevin Moses (ed.). p. cm. - (Results and problems in cell differentiation; 37) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-3-642-53640-3 1. Drosophila melanogaster - Sense organs. 2. Eye - Differentiation. 1959- II. Series.

I. Moses, Kevin,

QH607 .R4 vol. 37 573.8'815774 - dc21 This work is subject to copyright. All rights reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York a member of BertelsmannSpringer Science+Business Media GmbH http://www.springer.de © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

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Contents

Introduction

K. Moses References ................................................

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Retinal Specification and Determination in Drosophila

K. Pappu and G. Mardon

1 Introduction ............................................ 2 Structure and Early Development of the Drosophila Eye . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Retinal Determination Network ......................... 3.1 twin of eyeless and eyeless .............................. 3.2 eyes absent and sine oculis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 dachshund........................................... 4 Retinal Determination Genes: New Members? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 teashirt ............................................. 4.2 optix ............................................... 4.3 eyegone ............................................. 4.4 homothorax and extradenticle ........................... 5 Patterning Genes and Retinal Determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 hedgehog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .