Article
Natural variation of the expression pattern of the segmentation gene even-skipped in melanogaster.
Developmental biology - 1 Sept 2015
Jiang Pengyao, Ludwig Michael Z, Kreitman Martin, Reinitz John
Abstract excerpt
The evolution of canalized traits is a central question in evolutionary biology. Natural variation in highly conserved traits can provide clues about their evolutionary potential. Here we investigate natural variation in a conserved trait-even-skipped (eve) expression at the cellular blastoderm stage of embryonic development in Drosophila melanogaster. Expression of the pair-rule gene eve was quantitatively...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Patterning
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Insect
- Genetic Variation
- Homeodomain Proteins
- RNA
- Repressor Proteins
