Vogler G, Bodmer R. Cellular Mechanisms of Drosophila Heart Morphogenesis. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2015 Mar 1;2(1):2-16. PMID: 26236710
From the abstract: "Many of the major discoveries in the fields of genetics and developmental biology have been made using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. With regard to heart development, the conserved network of core cardiac transcription factors that underlies cardiogenesis has been studied in great detail in the fly, and the importance of several signaling pathways that regulate heart morphogenesis, such as Slit/Robo, was first shown in the fly model. ... The specific limitations of the various cardiac model systems currently employed (mammalian and fish models) provide a niche for the fly model ... Here, we review recent advances made using the Drosophila embryo that identify factors relevant for heart formation. ..."
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