Cleavage and Gastrulation in Drosophila Embryos
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The cytoskeleton guides early embryogenesis in Drosophila, which is characterized by a series of rapid synchronous syncytial nuclear divisions that occur in the absence of cytokinesis. Following these divisions, individual cells are produced in a process called cellularization, and these cells are rearranged during the process of gastrulation to produce an embryo composed of three primordial tissue layers.
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