Butterfly eyespot serial homology: enter the Hox genes

BMC Biology

Commentary

James Castelli-Gair Hombría¹ 

[1] CABD, CSIC/Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera km 1, 41013, Seville, Spain;

关键词: Butterfly Species;    Morphological Diversification;    Pupal Wing;    Phylotypic Stage;    Junonia Coenia;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1741-7007-9-26

 received in 2011-04-20, accepted in 2011-04-28,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Hox genes modify serial homology patterns in many organisms, exemplified in vertebrates by modification of the axial skeleton and in arthropods by diversification of the body segments. Butterfly wing eyespots also appear in a serial homologous pattern that, in certain species, is subject to local modification. A paper in EvoDevo reports the Hox gene Antp is the earliest known gene to have eyespot-specific expression; however, not all Lepidoptera express Antp in eyespots, suggesting some developmental flexibility.See research article: http://www.evodevojournal.com/content/2/1/9

【 授权许可】

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