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What is a notum?

What is a notum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (zoology) The back; the dorsal aspect of the thorax in insects.
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The frizzled pathway has been shown to be a key regulator of planar polarity for hairs on the wing, ommatidia in the eye, and sensory bristles on the notum.
B expression is activated by Wg in the scutum whereas B represses Wg expression in the most anterior part of the notum.
The notum is well-developed, but it is impossible to tell if the eyes are large or meet medially.
These mutant pupae have defects including shortened or bent legs, bristle defects, a split notum, and wing abnormalities.
Mutant clones in the notum anlagen of the wing imaginal disc produce alterations in the pattern of medial thoracic bristles and a strong dorsal thoracic cleft.
The final chapter gives the conditions required for a per se notum proposition.

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