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Regressive evolution of the arthropod tritocerebral segment linked to functional divergence of the Hox gene labial.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Sept 2015
Pechmann Matthias, Schwager Evelyn E, Turetzek Natascha, Prpic Nikola-Michael
Abstract excerpt
The intercalary segment is a limbless version of the tritocerebral segment and is present in the head of all insects, whereas other extant arthropods have retained limbs on their tritocerebral segment (e.g. the pedipalp limbs in spiders). The evolutionary origin of limb loss on the intercalary se...
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