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Tube size is critical for the function of essential human organs. They are constructed in a branched tubular network, like those that make up many of our major organs such as lung, kidney, and vascular system. Each of these systems transports critical gases, liquids and cells from one site to another. Therefore, Drosophila was studied instead of mammalian organs because mammalian structures are extremely complex. Unlike drosophila tracheal system, with its simpler structure and its accessibility to gene manipulation, has emerged as a paradigm of branching morphogenesis.

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