Table 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