Fig. 7. Recruitment of presumptive notal cells to the wing fate by ectopic Wg-
and Vg-expressing cells. (A-B') Wild-type Drosophila
discs containing Tub
1>Gal4/UAS-vg UAS-wg clones
located within the presumptive notum, probed for Vg (A, red),
5XQE-DsRed (B, red) and rn-lacZ (B', blue) expression
and marked by Vg overexpression (A, bright red) or loss of GFP (B). Arrows
indicate clones that have induced `ectopic' wing pouches; note that
rn-lacZ expression (B') extends beyond that of
5XQE-DsRed (B), as in the normal pouch. (C-F) Discs that
express UAS-vg in A compartment border cells under dpp-Gal4
control [red by ectopic 1XQE-lacZ (D) and Vg (E,F) expression] and
contain P compartment clones of Tub
1>Nrt-wg cells
(indicated by the arrow in C; black by the absence of CD2, green. The arrowed
clone in F is shown at higher magnification in E,E'. Cells within the
clones that are located within 10-20 cell diameters of the A-P boundary
ectopically express normal peak levels of 1XQE-lacZ (D) and
endogenous Vg (E') and induce immediately adjacent cells across the
clone border to do the same (appear yellow in overlap with CD2).
(G-H') UAS>Nrt-wg (G,G') or
UAS>arm* (H,H') clones (marked green by Flu
epitope staining of Nrt-Wg and Arm*) located within the presumptive
notum ectopically express normal peak levels of endogenous Vg (dull red) when
they abut UAS>vg clones (bright red by Vg overexpression) and are
located within 10-20 cell diameters of the A-P boundary. The
UAS>Nrt-wg clones, but not the UAS>arm*
clones, also induce their immediate neighbors to do the same.