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Rocky Diegmiller

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Postdoctoral Associate Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments

Recent Publications

Signal control during tissue regeneration in adult animals.

Journal Article Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol · April 2026 Tissue regeneration has historically been the subject of intense scientific scrutiny, from basic biology to applications in regenerative medicine. Use of model organisms and cutting-edge technologies have uncovered various mechanisms of regeneration, but u ... Full text Link to item Cite

To be or not to be: orb, the fusome and oocyte specification in Drosophila.

Journal Article Genetics · April 2024 In the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, two cells in a cyst of 16 interconnected cells have the potential to become the oocyte, but only one of these will assume an oocyte fate as the cysts transition through regions 2a and 2b of the germarium. The mecha ... Full text Cite

Fusome topology and inheritance during insect gametogenesis.

Journal Article PLoS computational biology · February 2023 From insects to mammals, oocytes and sperm develop within germline cysts comprising cells connected by intercellular bridges (ICBs). In numerous insects, formation of the cyst is accompanied by growth of the fusome-a membranous organelle that permeates the ... Full text Cite
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