RRC ID 11541
著者 Hayashi M, Aono H, Ishihara J, Oshima S, Yamamoto H, Nakazato Y, Kobayashi S.
タイトル Left-right asymmetry in the alimentary canal of the Drosophila embryo.
ジャーナル Dev Growth Differ
Abstract In many animal groups, left-right (LR) asymmetry within the body is observed. The left and right sides of the body are generally defined with reference to the anterior-posterior (AP) and dorsal-ventral (DV) axes. In this study, we investigated whether LR asymmetry is solely dependent on the AP and DV polarities in Drosophila embryos. We focused on the proventriculus, a posterior part of the foregut, and the hindgut because LR asymmetry in these body parts is highly stable in normal embryos. In embryos with a fully reversed AP polarity, LR asymmetry in both the proventriculus and the hindgut was re-oriented in relation to the reversed AP polarity. This demonstrates that inversion of AP polarity does not affect LR asymmetry of these tissues, and implies that LR asymmetry is specified in relation to the AP and DV polarities. Our findings were not consistent with the alternative hypothesis that LR asymmetry is predetermined by maternal signals that localize asymmetrically along the LR axis in the oocyte and/or early embryo.
巻・号 47(7)
ページ 457-60
公開日 2005-9-1
DOI 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2005.00817.x
PII DGD817
PMID 16179072
MeSH Animals Body Patterning / physiology* Drosophila Embryo, Nonmammalian / embryology Female Gastrointestinal Tract / embryology* Genes, Insect / physiology* Male Oocytes / physiology*
IF 1.723
引用数 12
WOS 分野 CELL BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
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