Homeodomain protein Six4 prevents the generation of supernumerary Drosophila type II neuroblasts and premature differentiation of intermediate neural progenitors

• Rui Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

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• Yanjun Hou,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8393-0451

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• Marisa Connell,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7594-2137

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• Sijun Zhu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zhus@upstate.edu

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2707-2031

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