Jodi Schottenfeld-Roames

Temporal control of structure and function during seamless tubulogenesis in the Drosophila respiratory system.

The respiratory system of Drosophila melanogaster consists of a network of interconnected gas-filled epithelial tubes. Stellate-shaped terminal cells at the termini of each tracheal branch serve as the primary source of oxygen and grow continuously throughout larval stages in response to hypoxic signals. Each cytoplasm...