Interactions of the Tribolium Sex combs reduced and proboscipedia orthologs in embryonic labial development.

doi:10.1093/genetics/159.4.1643

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Interactions of the Tribolium Sex combs reduced and proboscipedia orthologs in embryonic labial development.

Genetics - 1 Dec 2001

DeCamillis M A, Lewis D L, Brown S J, Beeman R W, Denell R E

Abstract excerpt

The role of Hox genes in the development of insect gnathal appendages has been examined in three insects: the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster; the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus; and the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. In each of these organisms, the identity of the labium depends on...

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Animals
Drosophila Proteins
Extremities
Homeodomain Proteins
In Situ Hybridization
Insect Proteins
Larva
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Mutagenesis
Mutation
Phenotype
Protein Binding
RNA, Double-Stranded
Transcription Factors
Tribolium

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