Further work into this with miR-6-depleted blastoderm embryos found pole cell formation at the posterior end of the anteroposterior axis to be disrupted, despite normality of both cellularisation and early pattern formation.
Additional research into miR-6-depleted blastoderm embryos revealed that pole cell formation at the posterior end of the anteroposterior axis was impaired, despite normal cellularization and early pattern formation processes.