Development of the indirect flight muscles of Aedes aegypti, a main arbovirus vector.
Antonio Celestino-MontesSalvador Hernández-MartínezMario Henry RodríguezFebe Elena Cázares-RagaCarlos Vázquez-CalzadaAnel Lagunes-GuillénBibiana Chávez-MunguíaJosé Ángel Rubio-MirandaFelipe de Jesús Hernández-CázaresLeticia Cortés-MartínezFidel de la Cruz Hernandez-HernandezPublished in: BMC developmental biology (2021)
A general description of A. aegypti IFM development is presented, from the myoblast fusion at L3 to form myotubes, to sarcomere maturation at adult stage. Several differences during IFM development were observed between A. aegypti (Nematoceran) and Drosophila melanogaster (Brachyceran) and, similitudes with Chironomus sp. were observed as this insect is a Nematoceran, which is taxonomically closer to A. aegypti and share the same number of larval stages.