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Same rule, different genes: Blimp1 is a pair-rule gene in the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus.
Science advances - 15 Nov 2024
Reding Katie, Chung Matthew, Heath Abigail, Hotopp Julie Dunning, Pick Leslie
Abstract excerpt
Morphological features of organismal body plans are often highly conserved within large taxa. For example, segmentation is a shared and defining feature of all insects. Screens in Drosophila identified genes responsible for the development of body segments, including the "pair-rule" genes (PRGs), which subdivide embryos into double-segment units in a previously unexpected pre-patterning step. Here we show that...
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