A deficiency of the homeotic complex of the beetle Tribolium.

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A deficiency of the homeotic complex of the beetle Tribolium.

Nature - 7 Mar 1991

Stuart J J, Brown S J, Beeman R W, Denell R E

Abstract excerpt

In Drosophila, the establishment of regional commitments along most of the anterior/posterior axis of the developing embryo depends on two clusters of homeotic genes: the Antennapedia complex (ANT-C) and the bithorax complex (BX-C). The red flour beetle has a single complex (HOM-C) representing t...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila
Genes, Homeobox
Genes, Lethal
Larva
Mutagenesis
Mutation
Phenotype
Tribolium

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