The making of a maggot brain

Elife. 2023 Mar 3:12:e86696. doi: 10.7554/eLife.86696.

Abstract

The way neurons in the brain rewire in larvae as they turn to adult fruit flies sheds light on how complete metamorphosis was 'invented' over the course of evolution.

Keywords: D. melanogaster; brain; developmental biology; evolutionary biology; interneurons; metamorphosis; mushroom body; neurons; trans-differentiation.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arthropods*
  • Brain*
  • Fruit
  • Larva
  • Metamorphosis, Biological