<i>Drosophilia melanogaster</i> Larval Imaginal Disc Cells (IMAGE)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

<i>Drosophilia melanogaster</i> Larval Imaginal Disc Cells

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Umbrea (green) colocalizes with centromeric histone Cid (red) in Drosophilia melanogaster larval imaginal disc cells (DNA in blue). Umbrea gained essential centromere function within 15 million years of birth.

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Malik Lab, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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