title: The cellular dynamics of pattern formation in the eye of Drosophila.
abstract: The establishment and early development of the ommatidial bundles in the presumptive eye of Drosophila have been investigated using electron microscopic serial sectioning. A progression of developmental stages has been characterized. Initially simple, symmetrically constructed bundles develop into asymmetrical, more complex constructions. Computer graphic reconstruction has been used to show the three-dimensional structure of the various ommatidial bundles. Autoradiography has been used to locate the position of a region of cell division which is intimately associated with the formation of the ommatidial bundles.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D002455:Cell Division; D003201:Computers; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D005123:Eye / Q000196:embryology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007814:Larva; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009024:Morphogenesis