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Evolution of the insect terminal patterning system--insights from the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus.
Developmental biology - 1 Aug 2013
Weisbrod Anat, Cohen Mira, Chipman Ariel D
Abstract excerpt
The anterior and posterior ends of the insect embryo are patterned through the terminal patterning system, which is best known from the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. In Drosophila, the RTK receptor Torso and its presumed co-activator Torso-like initiate a signaling cascade, which activates two terminal gap genes, tailless and huckebein. These in turn interact with various patterning genes to define terminal...
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