Tissue polarity genes of drosophila regulate the subcellular location for prehair initiation...

Examines early stages of prehair development in both wild-type and mutant pupal wings. Use of drosophila strains and mutants; Analysis of adult wing phenotypes; Fluorescent phalloidin staining of pupal wings; Average number of hairs per cell; Phenotypic and epistasis grouping of tissue polarity mutations; Possible functions of tissue polarity genes.