Formation of the insect head involves lateral contribution of the intercalary segment, which depends on Tc-labial function

Developmental Biology

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-116

  Posnien, Nico ^a   Bucher, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bend and zipper model; Dorsal Ridge; Gena; Head development; Hox1; Insect head; Intercalary segment; labial; Vertex

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; HOX1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; HEAD CAPSULE FORMATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INTERCALARY SEGMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM; TRIBOLIUM LABIAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; ONCOPELTUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 73549084049     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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