Tracking down the "head blob": Comparative analysis of wingless expression in the developing insect procephalon reveals progressive reduction of embryonic visual system patterning in higher insects

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-356

  Liu, Zhenyi ^a   Yang, Xiaoyun ^b   Dong, Ying ^c   Friedrich, Markus ^b,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; hedgehog; Schistocerca; Segmentation; Tribolium; wingless

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRASSHOPPER; HEAD; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION KINETICS; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

COLEOPTERA; ENDOPTERYGOTA; ERINACEIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SCHISTOCERCA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE);

EID: 33845350521     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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