Two types of Drosophila R7 photoreceptor cells are arranged randomly: A model for stochastic cell-fate determination

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 502, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-85

  Bell, Melanie L ^a   Earl, James B ^b   Britt, Steven G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate determination; Development; Differentiation; Drosophila melanogaster; Photoreceptor; Random; Replicated bivariate point pattern; Retina; Rhodopsin; Spatial point pattern; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DROSOPHILA; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETINA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 33947598711     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21298     Document Type: Article

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