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SUBMITTER: Boone JQ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2804867 | biostudies-other | 2008 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Boone Jason Q JQ Doe Chris Q CQ
Developmental neurobiology 20080801 9
Mammalian neural stem cells generate transit amplifying progenitors that expand the neuronal population, but these type of progenitors have not been studied in Drosophila. The Drosophila larval brain contains approximately 100 neural stem cells (neuroblasts) per brain lobe, which are thought to bud off smaller ganglion mother cells (GMCs) that each produce two post-mitotic neurons. Here, we use molecular markers and clonal analysis to identify a novel neuroblast cell lineage containing "transit ...[more]