title: Early pattern formation in the developing Drosophila eye.
abstract: The formation of complex cellular arrays from unpatterned epithelia is a widespread developmental phenomenon. Insights into the mechanisms regulating this transformation have come from studying the development of the Drosophila compound eye. Pattern formation in the eye primordium is a highly ordered process in which the onset of differentiation is coordinated with synchronization of cell cycle progression. Recent studies have identified a number of genes that are required for early patterning events, and provide a link between the regulation of proliferation and pattern formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zipursky