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Abbreviations
- ASP :
-
Aggregated spheroids
- CC :
-
cephalic complex
- CG :
-
Cerebral ganglion
- FT :
-
Fat bodies
- GC :
-
giant capsules
- GT :
-
gut
- HD :
-
haltere bud
- LD :
-
leg bud
- MES :
-
mesoderm
- MP :
-
musculo-pharyngeal apparatus
- MS :
-
melanised structure
- MHX :
-
melanised hexagons
- NC :
-
nerve cord
- NFT :
-
necrotic fat bodies
- Nu :
-
nuclei
- RG :
-
ring gland
- SD :
-
spindle cells
- SG :
-
salivary gland
- Sp :
-
spheroids
- TM :
-
tumour cells
- WD :
-
wing bud
- VG :
-
ventral ganglia
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I am very grateful to Professor C. H.Waddington, F.R.S., for his interest and help in the course of this work. I am also thankful to the Egyptian Government for a research grant.
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El Shatoury, H.H. A genetically controlled malignant tumour inDrosophila . W. Roux' Archiv f. Entwicklungsmechanik 147, 496–522 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00576001
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