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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
SUBMITTER: Natalie Terry
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-4188 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Terry Natalie A NA Tulina Natalia N Matunis Erika E DiNardo Stephen S
Developmental biology 20060417 1
Stem cells are defined by the fact that they both self-renew, producing additional stem cells, and generate lineal descendants that differentiate into distinct functional cell types. In Drosophila, a small germline stem cell population is influenced by a complex microenvironment, the stem cell niche, which itself includes a somatic stem cell population. While stem cells are unique, their immediate descendants retain considerable stem cell character as they mitotically amplify prior to differenti ...[more]