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As in other animals, the peripheral nervous system (PNS) in Drosophila has a complex organization. The major part of the embryonic PNS comprises the different types of sensory organs, which are located in or at the epidermis, and their axons. The axons of the sensory receptor cells course through nerves together with the axons of motoneurons which emerge from the developing CNS to innervate the musculature. In addition to sensory organs, and sensory and motor axons, the PNS comprises all the cells of the so-called stomatogastric nervous system. We shall deal with these three parts of the PNS in turn.
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Campos-Ortega, J.A., Hartenstein, V. (1997). Peripheral Nervous System. In: The Embryonic Development of Drosophila melanogaster. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22489-2_9
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