Loss of spineless function transforms the Tribolium antenna into a thoracic leg with pretarsal, tibiotarsal, and femoral identity

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Toegel, Jane Patricia ^a   Wimmer, Ernst A ^a   Prpic, Nikola Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appendage development; Homeotic transformation; Insect evolution; Morphological diversity; Selector genes

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SPINELESS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMUR SHAFT; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEG; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRIBOLIUM; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; TRIBOLIUM;

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

EID: 58049209675     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-008-0265-5     Document Type: Article

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