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Do teashirt family genes specify trunk identity? Insights from the single tiptop/teashirt homolog of Tribolium castaneum

The Drosophila teashirt gene acts in concert with the homeotic selector (Hox) genes to specify trunk (thorax and abdomen) identity. There has been speculation that this trunk-specifying function might be very ancient, dating back to the common ancestor of insects and vertebrates. However, other evid...

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Autores principales: Shippy, Teresa D., Tomoyasu, Yoshinori, Nie, Wensheng, Brown, Susan J., Denell, Robin E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18392876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00427-008-0212-5