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Developmental biology:  Attractive genetics

Ken Howard1

On page 466 of this issue, Van Doren et al.1 report the identification and analysis of a gene in Drosophila embryos that attracts the precursors for sperm and eggs — the germ cells — as they migrate to the gonad in order to mature. Christened columbus, this is the first gene to be implicated in producing an attractant for germ cells in this model system.

  1. Ken Howard is at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and the Department of Physiology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
    e-mail: Email: ken.howard@ucl.ac.uk