A Drosophila Model to Study Wound-induced Polyploidization
Title:
A Drosophila Model to Study Wound-induced Polyploidization
Author:
Bailey, Erin C.
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (447 seconds)
Series:
Developmental Biology
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Abstract:
Wound-induced polyploidization is a conserved tissue repair strategy where cells grow in size instead of dividing to compensate for cell loss. Here is a detailed protocol on how to use the fruit fly as a model to measure ploidy and its genetic regulation in epithelial wound repair.
Reading Level:
For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/61252