Regressive evolution of the arthropod tritocerebral segment linked to functional divergence of the Hox genelabial

Onychophoran Hox genes and the evolution of arthropod Hox gene expression

(2014) Ralf Janssen et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Rapid evolution of troglomorphic characters suggests selection rather than neutral mutation as a driver of eye reduction in cave crabs

(2013) S. Klaus et al.   Biology Letters

Trade-offs in cavefish sensory capacity

(2013) Helen Gunter et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Characterization of hairless (Hr) and FGF5 genes provides insights into the molecular basis of hair loss in cetaceans

(2013) Zhuo Chen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Evolution of an adaptive behavior and its sensory receptors promotes eye regression in blind cavefish

(2012) Masato Yoshizawa et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Divergent role of the Hox gene Antennapedia in spiders is responsible for the convergent evolution of abdominal limb repression

(2012) S. Khadjeh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reevaluating the Arthropod Tree of Life

(2011) Gonzalo Giribet et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

MicroRNAs and phylogenomics resolve the relationships of Tardigrada and suggest that velvet worms are the sister group of Arthropoda

(2011) L. I. Campbell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Travelling and splitting of a wave of hedgehog expression involved in spider-head segmentation

(2011) Masaki Kanayama et al.   Nature Communications

Patterning mechanisms and morphological diversity of spider appendages and their importance for spider evolution

(2010) Matthias Pechmann et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Head patterning and Hox gene expression in an onychophoran and its implications for the arthropod head problem

(2010) Bo Joakim Eriksson et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Evolutionary plasticity of collier function in head development of diverse arthropods

(2010) Nina D. Schaeper et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences

(2010) Jerome C. Regier et al.   NATURE

Appendage patterning in the South American bird spider Acanthoscurria geniculata (Araneae: Mygalomorphae)

(2009) Matthias Pechmann et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Formation of the insect head involves lateral contribution of the intercalary segment, which depends on Tc-labial function

(2009) Nico Posnien et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Dynamic gene expression is required for anterior regionalization in a spider

(2009) M. Pechmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA