Insect segmentation: Genes, stripes and segments in 'Hoppers'

Authors
French, V
Citation
V. French, Insect segmentation: Genes, stripes and segments in 'Hoppers', CURR BIOL, 11(22), 2001, pp. R910-R913
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09609822 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
22
Year of publication
2001
Pages
R910 - R913
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(20011113)11:22<R910:ISGSAS>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Recent work has revealed that orthologues of several segmentation genes are expressed in the grasshopper embryo, in patterns resembling those shown in Drosophila. This suggests that, despite great differences between the embr yos, a hierarchy of gap/pair-rule/segment polarity gene function may be a s hared and ancestral feature of insect segmentation.