Chapter 10 Outline

Early Drosophila Development

  • Fertilization
  • Cleavage
  • The mid-blastula transition
  • Gastrulation

The Genetic Mechanisms Patterning the Drosophila Body

Maternal Gradients: Anterior-Posterior Polarity

  • Polarity regulation by oocyte cytoplasm
  • Gradients of translational inhibitors
  • The terminal gene group
  • Drosophila Specifying anterior-posterior polarity in Drosophila: Summary

Segmentation Genes

  • Segments and parasegments
  • The gap genes
  • The pair-rule genes
  • The segment polarity genes

The Homeotic Selector Genes

Generating the Dorsal-Ventral Axis

  • Dorsal-ventral patterning in the oocyte
  • Generating the dorsal-ventral axis within the embryo

Axes and Organ Primordia: The Cartesian Coordinate Model

Coda

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