Tribolium Hox genes repress antennal development in the gnathos and trunk.
Evidence from Drosophila suggests that Hox genes not only specify regional identity, but have the additional function of repressing antennal development within their normal domains. This is dramatically demonstrated by a series of Hox mutants in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, and is likely an ancient function of Hox genes in insects.
Brown
Susan J
SJ
Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA. sjbrown@ksu.edu
Shippy
Teresa D
TD
Beeman
Richard W
RW
Denell
Robin E
RE
D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D014231:Tribolium / Q000235:genetics*
D018398:Homeodomain Proteins