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Neuromuscular organization and aminergic modulation of contractions in the Drosophila ovary

C Adam Middleton1, Upendra Nongthomba1,2, Katherine Parry1,3, Sean T Sweeney1, John C Sparrow1 and Christopher JH Elliott1*

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1 Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5YW, UK

2 Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

3 Centre for Neuroscience Research, Division of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Summerhall, Edinburgh, EH9 1QH, UK

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BMC Biology 2006, 4:17 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-4-17

Published: 12 June 2006

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Video micrograph of the reproductive tract of a 7 day old female fly, showing one ovary, ovarioles, oviduct and spermatheca. During the video, note the contractions of the peritoneal sheath, ovarioles and spermatheca. This video shows 25 s of the data analysed in Fig. 7, resampled at 1.5 frames/second. QuickTime format video (created with MS-Windows v6.50; other formats of this video available online [50]).

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