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Genetic variations of Drosophila melanogaster

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The embryonic development of Drosophila melanogaster

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Principles of Insect Morphology

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Mutations affecting the pattern of the larval cuticle inDrosophila melanogaster

1984 • 1,546 citations

Maternal-effect mutations altering the anterior-posterior pattern of the Drosophila embryo

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Specification of the Basic Body Pattern in Insect Embryogenesis

1976 • 436 citations

Transplantation of Posterior Polar Plasm in Drosophila . Induction of Germ Cells at the Anterior Pole of the Egg

1974 • 425 citations

tudor, a gene required for assembly of the germ plasm in Drosophila melanogaster

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The embryonic development of Drosophila melanogaster

1986 • 339 citations

Information for the dorsal–ventral pattern of the Drosophila embryo is stored as maternal mRNA

1984 • 335 citations

ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SEX-LINKED FEMALE-STERILE MUTANTS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1975 • 312 citations

hunchback, a gene required for segmentation of an anterior and posterior region of the Drosophila embryo

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A fate map for the larval epidermis ofDrosophila melanogaster: localized cuticle defects following irradiation of the blastoderm with an ultraviolet laser microbeam

1979 • 287 citations

Fine structure of pole cells and polar granules in Drosophila melanogaster

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Gametogenesis and the early embryo

1987 • 207 citations

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1986 • 184 citations

A model of pattern formation in insect embryogenesis

1977 • 154 citations

Polar granules of Drosophila. IV. Cytochemical studies showing loss of RNA from polar granules during early stages of embryogenesis

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Bicaudal, a genetic factor which affects the polarity of the embryo in Drosophila melanogaster

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The ontogeny of germ plasm during oogenesis in Drosophila

1976 • 125 citations

Developmental defects of female-sterile mutants of Drosophila melanogaster

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Genetic analysis of pattern-formation in the embryo ofDrosophila melanogaster

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Developmental fate of pole cells in Drosophila melanogaster

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Different requirements for homeotic genes in the soma and germ line of Drosophila

1983 • 59 citations

Germline autonomous sterility of P-M dysgenic hybrids and their application to germline transfers in Drosophila melanogaster

1986 • 25 citations

Isolation and characterization ofgrandchildless-like mutants inDrosophila melanogaster

1981 • 25 citations

Developmental analysis of the grandchildless (gs(1)N26) mutation in Drosophila melanogaster: Abnormal cleavage patterns and defects in pole cell formation

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1982 • 17 citations

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1981 • 9 citations