The NK-2 Homeobox Gene and the Early Development of the Central Nervous System of Drosophila Central Nervous System Drosophila Genes, Homeobox Molecular Sequence Data Amino Acid Sequence In this article, Marshall Nirenberg explains the "logic that connects the genetic code to neurobiology is that information is processed in both genetic and neural systems." This study of the NK-2 homeobox gene of the Drosophila fly examines the role of the gene's expression in the early development of the central nervous system of the embryo. Strikingly, the article notes, "The nucleus of the fertilized Drosophila embryo undergoes thirteen rounds of nuclear division in the first 130 minutes of embryonic development, resulting in an embryo that consists of a single cell with approximately 5,000 nuclei." New York Academy of Sciences, 1995 The New York Academy of Sciences, 1995 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Nirenberg, Marshall W. Nakayama, Kohzo Nakayama, Noriko Kim, Yongsok Mellerick-Dressler, Dervla Wang, Lan-Hsiang Webber, Keith O. Lad, Rajnikant Articles Archival Materials Text 19 pages nlm:nlmuid-101584910X136-doc 101584910X136 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X136 Profiles ID: JJBBJM English Profiles in Science