Drosophila Intestinal Stem Cells Count Divisions to Switch Cell Fate

biology

30 July 2026 at 5:24 am

Drosophila Intestinal Stem Cells Count Divisions to Switch Cell Fate

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Summary

In Drosophila, adult intestinal stem cells determine cell fate switching through an epigenetic mechanism that counts self-renewal divisions, changing from producing enterocytes to an enteroendocrine mother cell every ninth division.

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