| dc.creator | Evers, Bret Michael | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-22T20:39:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-02-22T20:39:44Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2004 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-02-22 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2004-Fellows-Thesis-E8 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 36-37). | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The expression of homeotic genes during early animal development determines the identity of specific populations of cells and thus the regions of the developing body. Furthermore, their expression is regulated so that it occurs at specific developmental time points. Previous studies demonstrated that the expression of homeotic genes could be used as molecular markers for identifying individual sets of neuroblasts within the embryonic central nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster. In this study cellular maps of the expression of the homeotic gene engrailed within the thoracic ventral ganglion of Drosophila larvae were created. Additionally, a staining technique used to label both engrailed expressing cells and dividing neuroblasts within the thoracic region was optimized. This double staining technique will allow for the identification of individual populations of dividing neuroblasts with the engrailed expressing cells acting as landmarks within the brain. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | biochemistry and genetics. | en |
| dc.subject | Major biochemistry and genetics. | en |
| dc.title | A homeotic gene expression map in the central nervous system of larval Drosophila melanogaster: a quest for the holy engrailed | en |
| thesis.degree.department | biochemistry and genetics | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | biochemistry and genetics | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Fellows Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Undergraduate | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
