Blimp-1 encodes a zinc-finger transcription factor, which is involved in the terminal differentiation of the Drosophila eye. We found that Blimp-1 mutants display plano-covex corneal lenses and rhabd
atonal (ato) encodes a basic helix–loop–helix protein and is required for the specification of R8 photoreceptor cells in Drosophila. In the eye imaginal discs, expression of Ato protein is initially i
(A) Optical section through the center (equatorial) of eyes expressing ara in all photoreceptors under the lGMR promoter (lGMR>ara) and stained for Rh3 (cyan) and Rh4 (red). Almost all yR7 cells conta
We have screened a collection of transposable-element-induced mutations for those which dominantly modify the extra R7 phenotype of a hypomorphic yan mutation. The members of one of the identified com
