Oogenesis

References:
Klingler, M., and Tautz, D. (1999). Formation of the embryonic axes and blastoderm pattern in Drosophila. In Development - Genetics, Epigenetics and Environmental Regulation, (VEA Russo, D Cove, L Edgar, R Jaenisch, F Salamini, eds), Chpt 19, pp 311-329 Springer, Heidelberg.

Riechmann, V., and Ephrussi, A. (2001). Axis formation during Drosophila oogenesis. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 11, 374-383.

We would like to thank Martin Zeidler for helpful discussion.

Note:

For better comprehensibility, some facts were simplified or visualized only incompletely. For example, nanos and bicoid enter the oocyte over a longer period of time.