Movie 2C

Slow-motion video demonstrating the backflow of a polystyrene particle. The particle (labelled in red) passes the intracardiac valve, stops and flows back from the aorta into the heart chamber. Recording speed: 200 fps. Playback speed: 10 fps.

Formation and function of intracardiac valve cells in the Drosophila heart

Kay Lammers, Bettina Abeln, Mirko Hüsken, Christine Lehmacher, Olympia Ekaterini Psathaki, Esther Alcorta, Heiko Meyer, and Achim Paululat

Journal of Experimental Biology 2017. 220:1852-1863; doi: 10.1242/jeb.156265