title: The Drosophila germarium: stem cells, germ line cysts, and oocytes.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratories, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, Maryland 21210, USA.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Spradling
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Cuevas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drummond-Barbosa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Keyes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lilly
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pepling
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D009866:Oogenesis; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis