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. 1984 Sep;311(5983):223-7.
doi: 10.1038/311223a0.

Information for the dorsal--ventral pattern of the Drosophila embryo is stored as maternal mRNA

K V Anderson, C Nüsslein-Volhard

Information for the dorsal--ventral pattern of the Drosophila embryo is stored as maternal mRNA

K V Anderson et al. Nature. 1984 Sep.

Abstract

Maternal-effect mutations in 10 loci in Drosophila produce totally 'dorsalized' embryos. Injection of RNA isolated from wild-type embryos into mutants at six loci partially restores dorsal-ventral polarity. For the mutant snake, injection of poly(A)+ RNA restores a complete dorsal-ventral pattern.

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