Muscle Development in Drosophilia

The different aspects of muscle development are considered from cellular, molecular and genetic viewpoints, and the text is supported by black/white and color illustrations. The book will appeal to those studying muscle development and muscle biology in any organism.

List of contents

An Introduction to Muscle Development in Drosophila.- The Muscle Pattern of Drosophila.- Mesoderm Formation in the Drosophila Embryo.- Development of the Cardiac Musculature.- Development of the Somatic Gonad and Fat Bodies.- Development of the Larval Visceral Musculature.- Development of the Larval Somatic Musculature.- Muscle Morphogenesis: The Process of Embryonic Myoblast Fusion.- Muscle Attachment Sites Where Migrating Muscles Meet Their Match.- Neuromuscular Development: Connectivity and Plasticity.- Metamorphosis and the Formation of the Adult Musculature.- Molecular Basis of Muscle Structure.- Whole Genome Approaches to Studying Drosophila
Muscle Development.- Comparison of Muscle Development in Drosophila and Vertebrates.

Summary

The different aspects of muscle development are considered from cellular, molecular and genetic viewpoints, and the text is supported by black/white and color illustrations. The book will appeal to those studying muscle development and muscle biology in any organism.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Sink
• Assisted by: Hele Sink (Editor), Helen Sink (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9780387300535
• ISBN: 978-0-387-30053-5
• No. of pages: 207
• Weight: 470 g
• Illustrations: 36 SW-Abb., 14 Farbabb., VIII, 207 p.
• Series: Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit; Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; B, Embryo, Genome, Entwicklungsbiologie, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental biology, Developmental Biology and Stem Cells, morphogenesis