Drosophila midgut regional gene expression
We found that the midgut shows striking regional differentiation along its anterior-posterior axis.  Ten distinct subregions differ in cell morphology, gene expression and aspects of Notch signaling.  RNA from isolated regions that was analyzed by RNAseq revealed spatially regulated expression of hundreds of enzymes and other genes with likely tissue functions. Overall design: 10 midgut segments comprising from 1-3 subregions x 3 replicates from each segment = 30 samples