Pulling the strings: How stem cells in the developing fruit fly brain organize their DNA from outside the nucleus

October 30, 2026 · 4:40 pm 1 sources

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• Pulling the strings: How stem cells in the developing fruit fly brain organize their DNA from outside the nucleus
  Phys.org · October 30, 2026 16:40
  Cells are very particular about the proper locations of their contents. For example, DNA is packaged in the nucleus in a highly specific way, but researchers are still trying to understand how this happens. For stem cells in the brain of a larval fruit fly—a model organism used to study processes…