Contact, connect and fuse: An ultra-structural view of the muscle formation process
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - 12:50
in Biology & Nature
New work describes the steps and processes governing myoblast fusion with muscle fibres during the formation of flight muscles in Drosophila. The developmental program of these flight muscles and their muscle fibre organization resemble key aspects of vertebrate skeletal myogenesis. Therefore, this study is likely to contribute to our knowledge of myogenesis in vertebrate skeletal muscles.