Localized maternal orthodenticle patterns anterior and posterior in the long germ wasp Nasonia
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Study is conducted to show that Nasonia orthodenticle (otd) maternal mRNA is localized at both poles of the embryo, and resulting protein gradients pattern both poles. Localized Nasonia otd has two major roles that allow long germ development such as activating anterior targets at the anterior of the egg and secondly it is required for pre-gastrulation expression of posterior gap genes.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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Ultrabithorax is required for membranous wing identity in the beetle Tribolium castaneum
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In the beetle, 'Tribolium castaneum', the Hox gene, 'Ultrabithorax' (Ubx), despecializes the hindwings, which are transformed to elytra when the gene is knocked down. This counter-acting effect of Ubx in beetle hindwings represents a previously unknown mode of wing diversification in insects.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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The genes orthodenticle and hunchback substitute for bicoid in the beetle Tribolium
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A study was conducted to elucidate the thorax formation in a short-germband insect. From this analysis, it is clear that the embryo in the insect maternally inherits the Tribolium otd-1 messenger RNA, which are responsible for the thorax formation.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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