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Tribolium Hox genes repress antennal development in the gnathos and trunk
Susan J Brown1, Teresa D Shippy, Richard W Beeman
1Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA. sjbrown@ksu.edu
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
|September 11, 2002
Abstract:
Evidence from Drosophila suggests that Hox genes not only specify regional identity, but have the additional function of repressing antennal development within their normal domains. This is dramatically demonstrated by a series of Hox mutants in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, and is likely an ancient function of Hox genes in insects.