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Table1 Indirect flight muscles and tergal depressor of the trochanter muscle in formation in adults of Drosophila melanogaster and Aedes aegypti

From: Development of the indirect flight muscles of Aedes aegypti, a main arbovirus vector

Drosophila melanogastera

Aedes aegypti

Group

Fascicles in Pupa

 

Adult muscles

Group

Fibers in L4j

Adult musclesc,d

DVM (per hemithorax)

I

3

 

3

I

4

4

II

2

 

2

II

5

5

III

2

 

2

III

4

4

Total muscles

  

7

  

13c,j

Drosophila melanogasterb

Aedes aegypti

  

Fibers

Adult muscles

 

Fascicles in L4j

Adult muscles

DLM (per hemithorax)

  

6

12

 

3

12c,h

Drosophila melanogasteree−g

Aedes aegypti

   

Adult muscles

 

Fascicles in L4

Adult Musclesh,i

TDT (per hemithorax)

   

1 (~ 32)

 

ND

1

  1. aFernandes et al. [20]; bFernandes et al. [56]; cBeckett and Townson [10]; dBeckett and Macdonald [57]; ePeckham et al. [58]; fEldred et al. [59]; gSwank [60]; hJobling [44]; iBecket [61]; jThis work
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