Trends in Genetics
Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2003, Pages 310-311
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FlyMove – a new way to look at development of Drosophila

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Abstract

Development of any organism requires a complex interplay of genes to orchestrate the many movements needed to build up an embryo. Previously, work on Drosophila melanogaster has provided important insights that are often applicable in other systems. But developmental processes, which take place in space and time, are difficult to convey in textbooks. Here, we introduce FlyMove (http://flymove.uni-muenster.de), a new database combining movies, animated schemata, interactive ‘modules’ and pictures that will greatly facilitate the understanding of Drosophila development.

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FlyMove

FlyMove aims to use multimedia presentations to facilitate understanding of Drosophila development (Fig. 1). Animations and 3D-representations facilitate understanding of complex processes, morphogenetic movements or anatomic setups. In addition, microscope images and movies help to integrate these processes with real life. The use of interactive electronic media allows retrieval of selected information bit by bit to form a single scheme on screen. We also created camera-flights around a

Material and methods

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Acknowledgments

We thank J. Campos-Ortega, E. Knust, T. Hafenrichter, J. Eberhardt, J. Himmelmann and M. Grewe who contributed to earlier stages of the project. We also thank the FlyEx team and Maria Leptin for providing images. This work is funded by the BMBF, Germany.

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