Sevenless
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sevenless-233-774093
title:
Sevenless
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Sevenless (sev) is a gene in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster that encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase protein essential to the development of the R7 photoreceptor cells in the Drosophila embryonic eye. The Drosophila ommatidium contains 8 distinct retinula or R cells, each of which has a different spectral sensitivity. The R7 photo receptor, located in each of several ommatidia in the fly's compound eye, is used to detect ultraviolet light. The R8 photoreceptor contains an activator of the
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Gene in Drosophila eye development
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevenless
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2024-03-12T14:13:40Z
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