... that such coordination of behavior and development may be a general feature of larval development. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) Handling Editor: Swathi Arur Competing interests The authors declare no competing or financial interests. 16 4 2024 4 6 2024...

...Sarah Crisp; Jan Felix Evers; André Fiala; Michael Bate We used non-invasive muscle imaging to study the onset of motor activity and emergence of coordinated movement in Drosophila embryos. Earliest movements are myogenic, and neurally controlled muscle contractions first appear with the onset...