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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Campos-Ortega, Jose A., Hartenstein, Volker (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1997, 1997
Edition:2nd ed. 1997
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A Summary of Drosophila Embryogenesis
  • Stages of Drosophila Embryogenesis
  • Mesoderm Development
  • Musculature
  • Circulatory System and Fat Body
  • Macrophages
  • The Gut and its Annexes
  • Epidermis
  • Peripheral Nervous System
  • The Peripheral Nervous System
  • Central Nervous System
  • Tracheal Tree
  • The Gonads
  • The Pattern of Embryonic Cell Divisions
  • Morphogenetic Movements
  • Cephalogenesis
  • Some Aspects of Segmentation
  • A Fate Map of the Blastoderm