Article
A deficiency chromosome in Drosophila alters neuritic projections in an identified motoneuron.
Brain research - 3 Dec 1990
Swain G P, Wyman R J, Egger M D
Abstract excerpt
The tergotrochanteral muscles (TTM) in the second thoracic segment of the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, power the jump-escape response. The cell bodies of the motoneurons innervating these muscles, located in the thoracico-abdominal ganglion, have prominent posterior and medial neurites. While in wildtype flies of the Canton-S (C-S) and Oregon-R (O-R) strains, the medial neurite of a TTM motoneuron rarely...
Topics
- Animals
- Axons
- Chromosome Mapping
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Male
- Motor Neurons
- X Chromosome