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The musculature of insects is composed of an external, multilayered array of body wall muscles (somatic musculature), an internal layer of visceral muscles that surround the digestive tract and gonads, and specialized myo-epithelial tubes forming the vascular system. All three types of muscle are represented in Drosophila at the larval and adult stage. In this chapter, the somatic, visceral, gonadal and cardiac muscle pattern of Drosophila will be described. An attempt will be made to discuss possible homologies between the muscle pattern of Drosophila, which is a member of a highly derived dade of insects, and that of more primitive insects and other animal groups.
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Hartenstein, V. (2006). The Muscle Pattern of Drosophila . In: Muscle Development in Drosophila. Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32963-3_2
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