Modeling development and evolution of the fly heart.

Eva Jiménez-Guri, Damjan Cicin-Sain
Apart from our work on the gap gene system, we are also applying our reverse-engineering method to other gene networks. One example is the network underlying muscle and heart development. This network is interesting since it is active at a later stage of development (cellularized tissues, tissue movements) and evolves extremely slowly, its core components being conserved between vertebrates and flies.