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Comparative developmental analysis of Drosophila and Tribolium reveals conserved and diverged roles of abrupt in insect wing evolution.
Developmental biology - 15 Jan 2016
Ravisankar Padmapriyadarshini, Lai Yi-Ting, Sambrani Nagraj, Tomoyasu Yoshinori
Abstract excerpt
Morphological innovation is a fundamental process in evolution, yet its molecular basis is still elusive. Acquisition of elytra, highly modified beetle forewings, is an important innovation that has driven the successful radiation of beetles. Our RNAi screening for candidate genes has identified abrupt (ab) as a potential key player in elytron evolution. In this study, we performed a series of RNA interference...
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