Brain Development in Drosophila melanogaster [Paperback]

CONTENTS

1. The Development of the Drosophila Larval Brain........... 1

Volker Hartenstein, Shana Spindler, Wayne Pereanu and Siaumin Fung

Abstract................................................................................................................................. 1

Synopsis of the Phases and Elements of Drosophila Brain Development........................ 1

Progenitors of the Drosophila Brain: Neuroblasts and Ganglion Mother Cells............. 3

The Generic Cell Types of the Drosophila Brain................................................................ 8

Neuroanatomy of the Developing Drosophila Brain: The Systems of Lineages,

Tracts and Compartments......................................................................................... 17

Outlook............................................................................................................................... 29

2. Anteroposterior Regionalization of the Brain:

Genetic and Comparative Aspects............................................. 32

Robert Lichtneckert and Heinrich Reichert

Abstract............................................................................................................................... 32

Introduction........................................................................................................................ 32

The Cephalic Gap Genes Otd/Otx and Ems/Emx Control Anterior

Brain Development..................................................................................................... 34

The Hox Genes Pattern the Posterior Brain..................................................................... 36

Evidence for a TriparlSB