Decapentaplegic (dpp) regulates the growth of a morphological novelty, beetle horns

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-27

  Wasik, Bethany R ^a   Moczek, Armin P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendage patterning; Decapentaplegic; Horned beetles; Novelty; Onthophagus; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE HORN; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GROWTH REGULATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTHOPAGUS BINODIS; ONTHOPAGUS SAGITTARIUS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY PATTERNING; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS BINODIS; SAGITTARIUS;

EID: 79955814120     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-011-0355-7     Document Type: Article

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