title: Evo-Devo: Universal Toll Pass for the Extension Highway?
abstract: The distinction between long-germ and short-germ insects is a classic one in evo-devo, yet a common genetic mechanism may underlie germband extension in all insects, even all arthropods.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IBDM UMR7288, Campus de Luminy, case 907. 13009, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Qiyan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IBDM UMR7288, Campus de Luminy, case 907. 13009, Marseille, France. Electronic address: thomas.lecuit@ibdml.univmed.fr.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lecuit
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D007313:Insecta