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Muscle Development in Drosophilia

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  • © 2006

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Authors:
  1. Helen Sink

    1. Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine Molecular Neurobiology Program and Department of Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. An Introduction to Muscle Development in Drosophila

    • Helen Sink
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Muscle Pattern of Drosophila

    • Volker Hartenstein
    Pages 8-27

  4. Mesoderm Formation in the Drosophila Embryo

    • Noriko Wakabayashi-Ito, Y. Tony Ip
    Pages 28-37

  5. Development of the Cardiac Musculature

    • Rolf Bodmer
    Pages 38-50

  6. Development of the Somatic Gonad and Fat Bodies

    • Mark Van Doren
    Pages 51-61

  7. Development of the Larval Visceral Musculature

    • Hsiu-Hsiang Lee, Stephane Zaffran, Manfred Frasch
    Pages 62-78

  8. Development of the Larval Somatic Musculature

    • Ana Carmena, Mary Baylies
    Pages 79-91

  9. Muscle Morphogenesis

    • Susan M. Abmayr, Kiranmai S. Kocherlakota
    Pages 92-103

  10. Muscle Attachment Sites

    • Talila Volk
    Pages 104-112

  11. Neuromuscular Development

    • Louise Nicholson, Haig Keshishian
    Pages 113-124

  12. Metamorphosis and the Formation of the Adult Musculature

    • Devkanya Dutta, K. VijayRaghavan
    Pages 125-142

  13. Molecular Basis of Muscle Structure

    • Jim O. Vigoreaux
    Pages 143-156

  14. Whole Genome Approaches to Studying Drosophila Muscle Development

    • Eileen E. M. Furlong
    Pages 157-168

  15. Comparison of Muscle Development in Drosophila and Vertebrates

    • Michael V. Taylor
    Pages 169-203

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 205-207
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine Molecular Neurobiology Program and Department of Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA

    Helen Sink

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Muscle Development in Drosophilia

  • Authors: Helen Sink

  • Series Title: Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32963-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-30053-5Published: 02 February 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2133-8Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-32963-5Published: 26 February 2007

  • Series ISSN: 1431-0414

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 207

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with Landes Bioscience, Austin, TX, USA

  • Topics: Cell Biology, Developmental Biology

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