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Krüppel acts as a gap gene regulating expression of hunchback and even-skipped in the intermediate germ cricket Gryllus bimaculatus.
Developmental biology - 15 Jun 2006
Mito Taro, Okamoto Haruko, Shinahara Wakako, Shinmyo Yohei, Miyawaki Katsuyuki, Ohuchi Hideyo, Noji Sumihare
Abstract excerpt
In Drosophila, a long germ insect, segmentation occurs simultaneously across the entire body. In contrast, in short and intermediate germ insects, the anterior segments are specified during the blastoderm stage, while the remaining posterior segments are specified during later stages. In Drosophila embryos, the transcriptional factors coded by gap genes, such as Krüppel, diffuse in the syncytial environment and...
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