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The mature haltere disc, when implanted into a larva of the same age, undergoes metamorphosis along with the host, and produces a haltere, haltere sclerite, notum III, and pleural process. Implants ordinarily form an inverted vesicle, into which the haltere is frequently everted, usually only partly. Many “adventitious bristles” may be formed which are not foundin situ. It was found thatsc may reduce, andmwh may increase the number of sensilla.
On the basis of results obtained from transplanted disc fragments an organ map of the haltere disc was constructed, which shows the presumptive haltere area to be located in the posterio-central part of the disc, while the anterio-medial part forms the thoracic structures dorsal to the haltere, and the posterio-lateral part the thoracic structures ventral to it. The anlage of the “adventitious bristles” is probably within the notum area. The haltere anlage proper is concentric; the prospective distal capitellum is located in the center, and is surrounded by the anlagen of the more proximal segments.
The organ map of the haltere disc is compared with that of other discs. Organ maps seem to be basically concentric. There is a close homology between the maps of the wing and the haltere disc.
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Ouweneel, W.J., van der Meer, J.M. Differentiation capacities of the dorsal metathoracic (haltere) disc ofDrosophila melanogaster . W. Roux' Archiv f. Entwicklungsmechanik 172, 149–161 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00576938
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