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Cross-phylum regulatory potential of the ascidian Otx gene in brain development in Drosophila melanogaster.
Development genes and evolution - 1 Jun 2001
Adachi Y, Nagao T, Saiga H, Furukubo-Tokunaga K
Abstract excerpt
The origin of molecular mechanisms of cephalic development is an intriguing question in evolutionary and developmental biology. Ascidians, positioned near the origin of the phylum Chordata, share a conserved set of anteroposterior patterning genes with vertebrates. Here we report the cross-phylum regulatory potential of the ascidian Otx gene in the development of the Drosophila brain and the head vertex...
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