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Review
. 2003 Nov;5(5):673-90.
doi: 10.1016/s1534-5807(03)00335-6.

Thicker than blood: conserved mechanisms in Drosophila and vertebrate hematopoiesis

Cory J Evans  1 , Volker Hartenstein, Utpal Banerjee
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Thicker than blood: conserved mechanisms in Drosophila and vertebrate hematopoiesis

Cory J Evans et al. Dev Cell. 2003 Nov.
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Abstract

Blood development in Drosophila melanogaster shares several interesting features with hematopoiesis in vertebrates, including spatiotemporal regulation as well as the use of similar transcriptional regulators and signaling pathways. In this review, we describe what is known about hematopoietic development in Drosophila and the various cell types generated and their functions. Additionally, the molecular genetic mechanisms of hematopoietic cell fate determination and commitment within Drosophila blood cell lineages are discussed and compared to vertebrate mechanisms.

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