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Conservation and variation in Ubx expression among chelicerates.
Evolution & development - 1 Jan 2000
Popadić A, Nagy L
Abstract excerpt
Chelicerates are an ancient arthropod group with a distinct body plan composed of an anterior (prosoma) and a posterior portion (opisthosoma). The expression of the Hox gene Ultrabithorax (Ubx) has been examined in a single representative of the chelicerates, the spider Cupiennius salei. In spiders, Ubx expression starts in the second opisthosomal segment (O2). Because the first opisthosomal segment (O1) in...
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