On the Morphology of the Drosophila Heart

The circulatory system of represents an easily amenable genetic model whose analysis at different levels, , from single molecules up to functional anatomy, has provided new insights into general aspects of cardiogenesis, heart physiology and cardiac aging, to name a few examples. In recent years, th...

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Published in:Journal of cardiovascular development and disease 2016-04, Vol.3 (2), p.15
Main Authors: Rotstein, Barbara, Paululat, Achim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cardiovascular system
circulatory system
dorsal vessel
Drosophila melanogaster
heart
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Summary:The circulatory system of represents an easily amenable genetic model whose analysis at different levels, , from single molecules up to functional anatomy, has provided new insights into general aspects of cardiogenesis, heart physiology and cardiac aging, to name a few examples. In recent years, the heart has also attracted the attention of researchers in the field of biomedicine. This development is mainly due to the fact that several genes causing human heart disease are also present in , where they play the same or similar roles in heart development, maintenance or physiology as their respective counterparts in humans. This review will attempt to briefly introduce the anatomy of the circulatory system and then focus on the different cell types and non-cellular tissue that constitute the heart.
ISSN:2308-3425
2308-3425
DOI:10.3390/jcdd3020015