The Embryonic Development of Drosophila Melanogaster" . . . but our knowledge is so weak that no philosopher will ever be able to completely explore the nature of even a fly . . . " * Thomas Aquinas "In Symbolum Apostolorum" 079 RSV p/96 This is a monograph on embryogenesis of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, conceived as a reference book on the morphology of embryonic development. A monograph of this extent and content is not yet available in the literature on Drosophila embryology, and we believe that there is a real need for it. Thanks to the pro gress achieved during the last ten years in the fields of develop mental and molecular genetics, work on Drosophila development has expanQ. ed considerably, creating an even greater need for the information that we present here. Our own interest in embryonic development of the wild type arose several years ago, when we began to study the development of mutants. In the course of these studies we repeatedly had occasion to discover gaps and inade quacies in the existing literature on the embryology of the wild type, so that we undertook to investigate many of these problems ourselves. Convinced that many of our colleagues will have encountered similar difficulties, we decided to publish the present monograph. Although not explicitly recorded, Thomas Aquinas was proba bly referring to the domestic fly and not to the fruit fly. Irrespec tive of which fly he meant, however, we know that Thomas was right. |
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The Embryonic Development of Drosophila melanogaster Jose A. Campos-Ortega,Volker Hartenstein Limited preview - 2013 |
The Embryonic Development of Drosophila Melanogaster Jose A. Campos-Ortega,Volker Hartenstein No preview available - 2014 |
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abdominal segments amnioserosa anteriorly antibody axons blastoderm Campos-Ortega caudal cephalic furrow chordotonal organ clusters clypeolabrum commissure delaminate division domain dorsal dorsal closure dorsal pouch dorsal vessel Drosophila ectoderm embryo embryo stained end of stage epidermis fibres foregut ganglion germ band germ band elongation germ band shortening give rise glial cells gnathal Hartenstein head involution hindgut innervated intersegmental nerve invagination labial larval late stage lateral layer Living embryos located longitudinal Malpighian tubules maxillary medial mesoderm mesodermal cells midline mitosis mitotic muscles neuroblasts neuromere nuclei oesophagus optic lobe papilla pattern pharynx pole cells postblastoderm posterior spiracles primordia primordium procephalic lobe proctodeum progenitor cells proventriculus region segmental nerve segregation sensilla sensillum sensory organs SOPs spiracles stage 11 stage 17 embryo stage 9 stomatogastric nervous system stomodeal stomodeum supraoesophageal Technau thoracic tracheal pits tracheal tree transverse ventral cord ventral furrow visceral yolk sac