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Tc-knirps plays different roles in the specification of antennal and mandibular parasegment boundaries and is regulated by a pair-rule gene in the beetle Tribolium castaneum.
BMC developmental biology - 18 Jun 2013
Peel Andrew D, Schanda Julia, Grossmann Daniela, Ruge Frank, Oberhofer Georg, Gilles Anna F, Schinko Johannes B, Klingler Martin, Bucher Gregor
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Drosophila larval head is evolutionarily derived at the genetic and morphological level. In the beetle Tribolium castaneum, development of the larval head more closely resembles the ancestral arthropod condition. Unlike in Drosophila, a knirps homologue (Tc-kni) is required for development of the antennae and mandibles. However, published Tc-kni data are restricted to cuticle phenotypes and...
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