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The Short antennae gene of Tribolium is required for limb development and encodes the orthologue of the Drosophila Distal-less protein.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jan 2001
Beermann A, Jay D G, Beeman R W, Hülskamp M, Tautz D, Jürgens G
Abstract excerpt
Insects bear a stereotyped set of limbs, or ventral body appendages. In the highly derived dipteran Drosophila melanogaster, the homeodomain transcription factor encoded by the Distal-less (Dll) gene plays a major role in establishing distal limb structures. We have isolated the Dll orthologue (TcDll) from the beetle Tribolium castaneum, which, unlike Drosophila, develops well-formed limbs during embryogenesis....
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