Hox dosage contributes to flight appendage morphology in Drosophila
oleh: Rachel Paul, Guillaume Giraud, Katrin Domsch, Marilyne Duffraisse, Frédéric Marmigère, Soumen Khan, Solene Vanderperre, Ingrid Lohmann, Robby Stoks, L. S. Shashidhara, Samir Merabet
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01 |
Deskripsi
Here, the authors show that the Hox genes Antennapedia (Antp) and Ultrabithorax (Ubx) control flight appendage morphology in Drosophila. This role is dependent on a particular spatial expression profile and dosage, which was also found in evolutionary distant four-winged insect species.