A Quote by Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

In systemic searches for embryonic lethal mutants of Drosophila melanogaster we have identified 15 loci which when mutated alter the segmental patterns of the larva. These loci probably represent the majority of such genes in Drosophila. The phenotypes of the mutant embryos indicate that the process of segmentation involves at least three levels of spatial organization: the entire egg as developmental unit, a repeat unit with the length of two segments, and the individual segment.

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

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Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
German - Scientist
Born: October 20, 1942

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