[Drosophila] Re: How many cells in a Drosophila head?

[tarun gupta]

Hi John,

Although I am not an expert in Drosophla Biology but perhaps you can find it experimentally by FACS analysis. I am sure you can get a fairly accurate figure. You may also want to do that for various developmental Stages.

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Tarun Gupta
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John wrote: 
>Hi all,
>I'm trying to estimate how many cells are in a Drosophila head.  I realise
>this is a difficult question and would depend on environment and nutrition,
>but a ball park figure with some references would be great.
>Many thanks,
>John
>
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