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Arthropods: developmental diversity within a (super) phylum.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 25 Apr 2000
Akam M
Abstract excerpt
The expression patterns of developmental genes provide new markers that address the homology of body parts and provide clues as to how body plans have evolved. Such markers support the idea that insect wings evolved from limbs but refute the idea that insect and crustacean jaws are fundamentally different in structure. They also confirm that arthropod tagmosis reflects underlying patterns of Hox gene regulation...
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