... , the expression of tin is maintained in cardiac cells during cardiac maturation and differentiation; however, owing to the complete lack of a dorsal vessel in tin mutant embryos, the function of tin in these cells has not been defined. Here we show that myocardial cells and dorsal vessels can form even though...

...TyAnna L. Lovato; Thiennga P. Nguyen; Marco R. Molina; Richard M. Cripps The Drosophila melanogaster dorsal vessel is a linear organ that pumps blood through the body. Blood enters the dorsal vessel in a posterior chamber termed the heart, and is pumped in an anterior direction through a region...