Distinct gene expression dynamics in germ line and somatic tissue during ovariole morphogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.

ABSTRACT: The survival and evolution of a species is a function of the number of offspring it can produce. In insects, the number of eggs that an ovary can produce is a major determinant of reproductive capacity. Insect ovaries are made up of tubular egg-producing subunits called ovarioles, whose number largely determines the number of eggs that can be potentially laid. Ovariole number in Drosophila is directly determined by the number of cellular structures called terminal filaments, which are stacks of cells that assemble in the larval ovary. Elucidating the developmental and regulatory mechanisms of terminal filament formation is thus key to understanding the regulation of insect reproduction through ovariole number regulation. We systematically measured mRNA expression of all cells in the larval

SUBMITTER: Tarikere S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9210308 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature