What I Did In this project we investigated the expression patterns of the 7 genes in the TALE class to assess their roles in patterning the distinct regions of the Drosophila midgut. Our results indicate that while 5 of the genes in the class show differential expression that might point to their regional roles in patterning, achintya and vismay were two genes that did not show differential expression.
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Further investigation can be done to better understand what other roles achintya and vismay play in the midgut. Additionally, we were curious about how some genes within the class might either work together or suppress/inhibit each other, so these are areas that can be expanded upon.