An introduction to muscle development in drosophila / Helen Sink -- The muscle pattern of drosophila / Volker Hartenstein -- Mesoderm formation in the drosophila embryo / Noriko Wakabayashi-Ito and Y. Tony Ip -- Development of the cardiac musculature / Rolf Bodmer -- Development of the somatic gonad and fat bodies / Mark Van Doren -- Development of the larval visceral musculature / Hsiu-Hsiang Lee, Stephane Zaffran and Manfred Frasch -- Development of the larval somatic musculature / Ana Carmena and Mary Baylies -- Muscle morphogenesis: the process of embryonic myoblast fusion / Susan M. Abmayr and Kiranmai S. Kocherlakota -- Muscle attachment sites-where migrating muscles meet their match / Talila Volk -- Neuromuscular development: connectivity and plasticity / Louise Nicholson and Haig Keshishian -- Metamorphosis and the formation of the adult musculature / Devkanya Dutta and K. VijayRaghavan -- Molecular basis of muscle structure / Jim O. Vigoreaux -- Whole genome approaches to studying drosophila muscle development / Eileen E.M. Furlong -- Comparison of muscle development in drosophila and vertebrates / Michael V. Taylor
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
