In all animals, germline cells differentiate in intimate contact with somatic cells and
interactions between germline and soma are particularly important for germline …

Cilia are evolutionarily conserved structures with many sensory and motility-related
functions. The ciliary base, composed of the basal body and the transition zone, is critical for …

Basal bodies are freed from cilia and transition into centrioles to organize centrosomes in
dividing cells. A mutually exclusive centriole/basal body existence during cell-cycle …

We report, here, that two distinct centriole lineages exist in Drosophila: somatic centrioles
usually composed by microtubule doublets and germ line centrioles characterized by …

Tissue replenishment from stem cells follows a precise cascade of events, during which
stem cell daughters first proliferate by mitotic transit amplifying divisions and then enter …

Centrioles are-widely conserved barrel-shaped organelles present in most organisms. They
are indirectly involved in the organization of the cytoplasmic microtubules both in interphase …

Among the morphological processes that characterize the early stages of Drosophila
oogenesis, the dynamic of the centrioles deserves particular attention. We re-examined the …

The precursor of the flagellar axoneme is already present in the primary spermatocytes of
Drosophila melanogaster. During spermatogenesis each primary spermatocyte shows a …

In the developing Drosophila eye, the centrioles of the differentiating retinal cells are not
surrounded by the microtubule-nucleating γ-tubulin, suggesting that they are unable to …

The Drosophila male stem cell niche is a well characterized structure in which a small
cluster of somatic cells send self-renewal signals to neighbouring germ cells. Although the …