The twin spot generator for differential Drosophila lineage analysis.

Citation:

Griffin R, Sustar A, Bonvin M, Binari R, del Valle Rodriguez A, Hohl AM, et al. The twin spot generator for differential Drosophila lineage analysis. Nat Methods. 2009;6 (8) :600-2.

Date Published:

2009 Aug

Abstract:

In Drosophila melanogaster, widely used mitotic recombination-based strategies generate mosaic flies with positive readout for only one daughter cell after division. To differentially label both daughter cells, we developed the twin spot generator (TSG) technique, which through mitotic recombination generates green and red twin spots that are detectable after the first cell division as single cells. We propose wide applications of TSG to lineage and genetic mosaic studies.

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