There are 7 sets of S.E.M. pictures in this update of the FlyBase
image files. All are saved in a Jpeg format and are 640x480
pixels in size.  In the case of the normal embryos we have
provided both a labelled and unlabelled set.  The images are
those used to make the movies of embryogenesis which will be
described below.  Each set of images is numbered sequentially
from youngest to oldest generally starting at blastoderm.  The
image sets are as follows:

1)Adult heads frontal view.  These show the affects of the Antp
and pb homeotic mutations on  antennal and mouthpart morphology
respectively.

2)Gastrulation/Dorsal View labeled and unlabeled.  There is a
total of 18 images starting at     blastoderm and ending with the
completion of dorsal closure and cuticle deposition.

3)Gastrulation/Lateral View labeled and unlabeled.  There is a
total of 12 images starting at     blastoderm and ending with
segmentation and germ band shortening.

4)Head involution ventral view.  There is a total of 19 images
starting with the point at which the    gnathal segments are
formed and ending with the involution of these segments into the
stomadeum.  It should be noted that the final image does not
correspond to the end of head      involution as it is not
possible to get comparable S.E.M.'s of this part of the embryo
after     cuticle deposition is complete.

5)Ventral view of embryo during mesoderm invagination.  There is
a total of 6 images starting at    the onset of the formation of
the ventral furrow and ending just prior to the completion of
mesoderm invagination.

6)BCD mutant animals dorsal view.  There is a total of 23 images
starting at early gastrula and     ending with dorsal closure and
cuticle deposition.

7)FTZ mutant animals lateral view.  There is a total of 25 images
starting at blastoderm and ending  with dorsal closure and
cuticle deposition.

All images were obtained by Dr. R. Turner in the Department of
Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, IN.

As noted above the image collections were used to make 'movies'
of embryogenesis.  The still images were morphed together using
commercially available software packages and Power MacIntosh
hardware. Both Morph and Elastic Reality were used with roughly
comparable results.  The 'Morphing' was done by Jeff Giacoletti
and Chris Macri.  The movies are 240x180 jpeg compressed and play
at a rate of 15 frames per second.  They should be viewable using
standard movie play applications. The movies are:

1)Gastrulation lateral view
2)Gastrulation Ventral view
3)Gastrulation Dorsal view
4)Head involution movie
5)FTZ mutation movie
6)BCD mutation movie
7)Credits movie
In addition to these morphed versions of embryogenesis using real
animals as images we have made a morphed cartoon version of
embryogenesis using images from The Atlas of Drosophila
Development  by  Volker Hartenstein, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory Press (1993).  This movie can be found in the
Animation folder along with the scanned individual images used to
make the movie.

FlyBase is starting a compilation of anitomical drawings and
other images which will be used as reference marterial for the
description of gene expression data.  Our initial effort in this
direction has involved a collaboration with Dr. Peter Bryant at
The Developmental Biology Center, University of California,
Irvine, CA 92717.  Dr. Bryant has supplied FlyBase with copies of
drawings of adult body parts and these have been scanned to make
them available in digital form.  All the images were captured at
300 dpi and are in jpeg format.  The drawings of adult structures
have been organised by anatomical region: Abdomen, Genetalia,
Head and Thorax.  In the future we will augment these images with
pictures of imaginal discs and their fate maps as well as S.E.M.
photographs of the adult body parts represented in the drawings.

The images in the "P. Bryant Drawings" folder are used with
permission of:
Academic Press, Inc
525 B Street, Suite 1900
San Diego, California 92101-4495
tel 619-699-6412
fax 619-699-6715

Flybase is indebted to Jeff Giacoletti, Chris Macri, Rudi Turner,
Michael Kaufmann and Peter Bryant for their contributions to the
images portion of the FlyBase data set.