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Vestigial and scalloped in the ladybird beetle: a conserved function in wing development and a novel function in pupal ecdysis.
Insect molecular biology - 1 Oct 2009
Ohde T, Masumoto M, Morita-Miwa M, Matsuura H, Yoshioka H, Yaginuma T, Niimi T
Abstract excerpt
In Drosophila melanogaster, Vestigial (Vg) and Scalloped (Sd) form a transcription factor complex and play a crucial role in wing development. To extend our knowledge of insect wing formation, we isolated vg and sd homologues from two ladybird beetle species, Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata and Harmonia axyridis. Although the ladybird beetle vg homologues had only low homology with D. melanogaster vg, ectopic...
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