Photograph of the adult wing precursor imaginal cells of Drosophila melanogaster (IMAGE)

Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)

Photograph of the adult wing precursor imaginal cells of Drosophila melanogaster

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Absence of Chinmo in imaginal cells suppresses wing growth (left) compared to control wing precursor tissue (middle), while overexpression of the Chinmo gene induces tissue overgrowth, as occurs in processes tumors (right).

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