Arthropods: Developmental Diversity within a (Super) Phylum

The expression patterns of developmental genes provide new markers that address the homology of body parts and provide clues as to how body plans have evolved. Such markers support the idea that insect wings evolved from limbs but refute the idea that insect and crustacean jaws are fundamentally dif...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 97; no. 9; pp. 4438 - 4441
Main Author:	Akam, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 25-04-2000 National Acad Sciences National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences
Series:	Special Feature
Subjects:	Animals Appendages Arthropods Arthropods - classification Arthropods - genetics Arthropods - growth & development Biological Evolution Body Patterning Crustacea Crustaceans Evolution Exoskeletons Fossils Gene expression Genes Genes, Homeobox Genetic Variation Hox gene Hox protein Insect genetics Insect morphology Insecta Invertebrates Mandible Molecular biology Perspectives Zoology
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