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The Broad Transcription Factor Links Hormonal Signaling, Gene Expression and Cellular Morphogenesis Events During Drosophila Imaginal Disc Development [Investigation]
Imaginal disc morphogenesis during metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster provides an excellent model to uncover molecular mechanisms by which hormonal signals effect physical changes during development. The broad (br) Z2 isoform encodes a transcription factor required for disc morphogenesis in response to 20-hydroxyecdysone, yet how it accomplishes this remains largely unknown. Here, we use functional studies of amorphic br5 mutants and a transcriptional target approach to identify processes driven by br and its regulatory targets in...
Survival Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Drosophila Is Increased by Heterozygosity for a Mutation of the NF-{kappa}B Innate Immune Response Transcription Factor Relish [Investigation]
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) pathologies are caused by primary and secondary injuries. Primary injuries result from physical damage to the brain, and secondary injuries arise from cellular responses to primary injuries. A characteristic cellular response is sustained activation of inflammatory pathways commonly mediated by NF-B transcription factors. Using a Drosophila melanogaster TBI model, we previously found that the main proximal transcriptional response to primary injuries is triggered by activation of Toll and Imd innate immune...
Variation in Genetic Relatedness Is Determined by the Aggregate Recombination Process [Investigation]
The genomic proportion that two relatives share identically by descent-their genetic relatedness-can vary depending on the history of recombination and segregation in their pedigree. Previous calculations of the variance of genetic relatedness have defined genetic relatedness as the proportion of total genetic map length (cM) shared by relatives, and have neglected crossover interference and sex differences in recombination. Here, we consider genetic relatedness as the proportion of the total physical genome (bp) shared by relatives,...