Morphology of the pupal heart, adult heart, and associated tissues in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-235

  Curtis, N J ^a   Ringo, J M ^a   Dowse, H B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal vessel; Drosophila heart; Myocardium; Pericardial cells

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEART; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; PUPA;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033152514     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199906)240:3<225::AID-JMOR2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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