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Robert P Zinzen1, Jessica Cande, Matthew Ronshaugen

  • 1Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, Genomics, and Development, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

Developmental Cell
|December 5, 2006
PubMed
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Insect embryo development differs between species. Honeybees have a broad ventral midline, unlike fruit flies, due to distinct regulation of the single-minded (sim) gene, suggesting an ancestral pattern.

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