A cyberspace guide to Drosophila development and metazoan evolution

Gene Index Alphabetical: Genes A - D     Genes E - K         Genes L - R             Genes S - Z Genes grouped according to biochemical function (examples: transcription factors, ligands and receptors, etc.) Biochemical pathways: Maternal genes Zygotically transcribed genes Study Aids Developmental pathways conserved in evolution All I Really Needed to Know I Learned During Gastrulation: Concepts in developmental biology by Scott Gilbert Drosophila Images BrainGenes Other on-line resources

Tissue and Organ Development Embryonic Stages of development Atlas of Drosophila Development by Volker Hartenstein Gastrulation and other morphogenetic movements Histogenesis:index of genes active in the formation of various germ layers and tissues (including ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm) Morphogenesis and organogenesis: index of genes active in the formation of various organs (including eyes, gut, heart, nervous system, and wing) Expression patterns: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Larval and Pupal stages Imaginal Discs: The Genetic and Cellular Logic of Pattern Formation.      A new book by Lewis Held Jr. Complete figures & legends Adult Formation of the adult fly (morphogenesis and organogenesis) Oogenesis and Spermatogenesis Behavioral paradigms

What's new this edition The Interactive Fly [edition 53] Meet The Interactive Fly If you are new to developmental biology If you are already involved in developmental biology Interactive Fly: Citations and awards above: images of male and female Drosophila melanogaster from THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF HEREDITY Thomas Hunt Morgan Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1919 The Interactive Fly © 2008 Thomas B. Brody, Ph.D. Please e-mail comments/corrections to brodyt@ninds.nih.gov

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