The influence of segmental compartmentalisation on the development of the larval peripheral nervous system in Drosophila melanogaster |
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Authors: | Volker Hartenstein |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Entwicklungsphysiologie der Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstraße 17, 5000 Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany;(2) Present address: Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary The peripheral nervous system of embryos homozygous for prd, ftz, en and bxd was examined for defects and transformations in the segment-specific pattern of sensilla and peripheral nerves. This analysis permitted me to assign a distinct subset of sensilla to any of the three genetically and morphologically defined compartments s, a and p of each segment. In the wild-type embryonic segments, sensory axons deriving from sensilla of different compartments form a part of the common peripheral nerves. In the composite segments of prd and ftz mutant embryos, subsets of sensilla of two neighbouring segments are combined. Nevertheless, the axons of sensilla of different segmental identity are able to fasciculate and to form afferent nerves, which connect in an apparently normal fashion to the central nervous system. It is concluded that in the Drosophila embryo compartmental and segmental identity of sensory organs has no influence on the trajectories of sensory axons. |
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Keywords: | Peripheral nervous system Compartments Segmentation mutants Drosophila |
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