During embryogenesis, optic vesicles develop from the diencephalon via a multistep
process of organogenesis. Using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived human brain …

Drosophila oogenesis requires the subsequent growth of distinct egg chambers each containing
a group of sixteen germline cells surrounded by a simple epithelium of follicle cells. The …

Sperm elongation and nuclear shaping in Drosophila largely depends on the microtubule
cytoskeleton that in early spermatids has centrosomal and non-centrosomal origins. We report …

Among the morphological processes that characterize the early stages of Drosophila
oogenesis, the dynamic of the centrioles deserves particular attention. We re-examined the …

Rcd4 is a poorly characterized Drosophila centriole component whose mammalian
counterpart, PPP1R35, is suggested to function in centriole elongation and conversion to …

The fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster harbours different types of ciliary structures: ciliary
projections associated with neurons of type I and cilium-like regions (CLRs) found during male …

The precursor of the flagellar axoneme is already present in the primary spermatocytes of
Drosophila melanogaster. During spermatogenesis each primary spermatocyte shows a …

Centrioles are-widely conserved barrel-shaped organelles present in most organisms. They
are indirectly involved in the organization of the cytoplasmic microtubules both in interphase …

In the developing Drosophila eye, the centrioles of the differentiating retinal cells are not
surrounded by the microtubule-nucleating γ-tubulin, suggesting that they are unable to organize …

Drosophila spermatocytes have giant centrioles that display unique properties. Both the
parent centrioles maintain a distinct cartwheel and nucleate a cilium-like region that persists …