Divergent functions of orthodenticle, empty spiracles and buttonhead in early head patterning of the beetle Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera)

Developmental Biology

Volumn 317, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 600-613

  Schinko, Johannes B ^a   Kreuzer, Nina ^a   Offen, Nils ^b   Posnien, Nico ^a   Wimmer, Ernst A ^a   Bucher, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropod head; Brain; Buttonhead; Empty spiracles; Gena; Head gap gene; Insect head; Orthodenticle; Segmentation; SP5; Vertex

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BEETLE; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HEAD; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 43049123816     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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