Bicoid is the activator for a morphogen gradient along the anterior posterior axis of a fruit-fly embryo. It is produced at the anterior end of the embryo and diffuses throughout the A-P axis to form an exponential gradient
Sources
“How the Fly Gets Its Neck.” Accessed: Aug. 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: http://www.rpgroup.caltech.edu/mbl_physiology/code/CephalicFurrow.html
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[[Activator-Inhibitor Model]]
[[Cephalic Furrow]]
[[Fruit Fly Development]]
[[Single Morphogen Models]]