Word: photoreceptor
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...vivid demonstration, Dowling attaches GFP protein to the promoter regions of photoreceptor genes, so that a highly fluorescent protein is produced. This serves as a marker for how the rod cells develop and, as Dowling notes, “it enables us to find mutants who have specific defects in the development of photoreceptor cells.” This marker helps to mutant behavior to specific structural defects...
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