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  • Insect Genetics
  • Evolutionary Biology

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  • The Broad complex (Br-C) transcription factor is known to promote wing growth in hemimetabolan insect nymphs.
  • Understanding the precise role of Br-C in the initiation of wing development is crucial for insect developmental studies.
  • The cockroach Blattella germanica serves as a model organism to investigate early wing development mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether the Broad complex (Br-C) transcription factor triggers the initiation of wing development in insects.
  • To elucidate the role of Br-C in establishing the 'wing field' during early embryogenesis.
  • To determine Br-C's function in the later stages of wing development and its interaction with other developmental genes.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of Br-C and wing-related gene expression patterns during embryogenesis and nymphal stages in Blattella germanica.
  • Maternal RNA interference (RNAi) to assess the impact of depleted Br-C on early gene expression.
  • Nymphal RNAi targeting Br-C and Sex combs reduced (Scr) to study ectopic wing formation and gene regulation.

Main Results:

  • Br-C expression during embryogenesis occurs in two waves, but does not co-localize with early wing-related genes like vestigial, suggesting it's not involved in establishing the 'wing field'.
  • Maternal Br-C RNAi affected the first but not the second wave of Br-C expression, preventing evaluation of its role in initiation.
  • Nymphal Br-C RNAi demonstrated its importance in forming ectopic wings when Sex combs reduced (Scr) was depleted and significantly influenced the expression of the wing growth gene nubbin (nub).

Conclusions:

  • Br-C is not essential for establishing the initial 'wing field' but is critical for the initiation of wing development later on.
  • Br-C enhances the expression of key wing-related genes, particularly nubbin (nub), during nymphal wing growth.
  • These findings support the hypothesis that Br-C has contributed to the evolution of holometaboly in insects.