Drosophila Images

Embryonic Development
Scanning electron microscope images by Dr. Rudi Turner

Atlas of Drosophila Development by Volker Hartenstein

Expression patterns: (1) Early zygotic gene expression, (2) Germ-band extension,

Imaginal Discs by Lewis Held Jr. - Complete figures & legends

Fly Morph-O-Genesis
"Movies" of wild type and mutant fly embryogenesis (based on Dr. Rudi Turner's images)

Fly Move
A richly interactive site demonstrating stages and processes of Drosophila embryonic development

The Drosophila Adult Ommatidium
Donald Ready's animation (used with permission)

Drosophila body parts and anatomical terms from FlyBase.
Not to be missed. For anyone who wants to understand Drosophila anatomy!

Poems inspired by Drosophila by Prof. S. Krupanidhi

Drosophila images from FlyBase

Drosophila neuroblasts
From Ward Odenwald - NIH

Motor axons
From the Zinn Lab - Caltech

Andrea Brand laboratory
Includes images and movies of CNS development

Images of Drosophila aggression
From the Kravitz lab

Diagram of muscles and axon pathways
From the Zinn Lab - Caltech

The Clickable Brain
From Flybrain

Linking neuroblasts to their corresponding lineage
From Flybrain

Mutant fruit flies
From the Exploratorium in San Francisco

Drosophilidae: Color images of different species of Drosophila
The work of J. T. Patterson feature by FlyBase

Genetic Control of Segmentation in Drosophila The Maternal Legacy
William Brook, University of Calgary: From The Virtual Embryo

Genetic Control of Segmentation in Drosophila: Zygotic Gene Expression
William Brook, University of Calgary: From The Virtual Embryo

Control of Segmental Identity in Drosophila: Homeotic Genes
William Brook, University of Calgary: From The Virtual Embryo

Limb development in Drosophila
William Brook, University of Calgary: From The Virtual Embryo

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