Article
Sex-specific differentiation of a male-specific abdominal muscle, the Muscle of Lawrence, is abnormal in hydroxyurea-treated and in fruitless male flies.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Sept 1995
Taylor B J, Knittel L M
Abstract excerpt
A prominent sex-specific abdominal muscle in male Drosophila is the Muscle of Lawrence (MOL), which is induced by male-specific innervation. We have examined MOL development in wild-type males, in males fed hydroxyurea to ablate the muscle precursors and in fruitless mutants, in which the MOL muscle develops aberrantly. One striking feature of MOLs in wild-type males was the presence of additional muscle nuclei...
Topics
- Abdominal Muscles
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Drosophila
- Genes, Insect
- Genes, Reporter
- Hydroxyurea
- Male
- Mutation
- Phenotype