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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 the homeotic genes Sex combs reduced (Scr) and proboscipedia (pb). Loss of pb function in each of the three insects...
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