Fig. 6. Loss of Drosophila citron gene function results in a dramatic
reduction in imaginal disc size. Imaginal discs from wild-type (A,C,E,G) and
cit2/Df(3)iro-2 mutant (B,D,F,H) third instar larvae
labelled with Hoechst 33258 to detect DNA (A,B) or with anti-PH3 to detect
cells in mitosis (C,D, shown at high magnification) or labelled using TUNEL to
detect cells undergoing apoptosis (E,F and high magnification in G,H).
Transheterozygous mutant imaginal discs exhibit a dramatic reduction in size
(e.g. leg discs shown in B, compare with wild type in A), contain fewer cells
progressing through mitosis (compare D with C) and many more cells undergoing
apoptosis (compare mutant wing disc in F and H with wild type in E and G).
Scale bars: 25 µm.