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Rearing and Double-stranded RNA-mediated Gene Knockdown in the Hide Beetle, Dermestes maculatus
Published on: December 28, 2016
Pair-rule expression patterns of even-skipped are found in both short- and long-germ beetles
N H Patel1, B G Condron, K Zinn
1Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, Maryland 21210.
Abstract:
Now that the genes controlling embryonic patterning have been identified in several model organisms, long-standing questions concerning the evolution of developmental systems are open to investigation. Examination of the expression of even-skipped in a variety of insects reveals that Insect germ-type designations apparently do not reflect the variations in the mechanisms of segmentation evident throughout insect phylogeny.
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