Diversity in insect axis formation: Two orthodenticle genes and hunchback act in anterior patterning and influence dorsoventral organization in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3497-3507

  Wilson, Megan J ^a   Dearden, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anterior patterning; Axis formation; Developmental hourglass; Dorsoventral patterning; Extra embryonic membranes; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR PATTERNING; ARTICLE; AXIS FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOVENTRAL PATTERNING; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GIANT GENE; HB GENE; HONEYBEE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OTD1 GENE; OTD2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIBOLIUM; ZEN GENE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79960759946     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.067926     Document Type: Article

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