Distal-lesshomeobox genes of insects and spiders: genomic organization, function, regulation and evolution

Neofunctionalization of a DuplicatedachshundGene Underlies the Evolution of a Novel Leg Segment in Arachnids

(2015) Natascha Turetzek et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Expression and function of a limb-patterning geneDistal-lessin the soldier-specific morphogenesis in the nasute termiteNasutitermes takasagoensis

(2015) Kouhei Toga et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Over-expression of Ultrabithorax alters embryonic body plan and wing patterns in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana

(2014) Xiaoling Tong et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Distal-lessanddachshundpattern both plesiomorphic and apomorphic structures in chelicerates: RNA interference in the harvestmanPhalangium opilio(Opiliones)

(2013) Prashant P. Sharma et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Distal-LessRegulates Eyespot Patterns and Melanization inBicyclusButterflies

(2013) ANTÓNIA MONTEIRO et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Emergence and Diversification of Fly Pigmentation Through Evolution of a Gene Regulatory Module

(2013) L. Arnoult et al.   SCIENCE

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

Homeobox gene distal-less is required for neuronal differentiation and neurite outgrowth in the Drosophila olfactory system

(2012) J. Plavicki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Novel Function of Distal-less as a Gap Gene during Spider Segmentation

(2011) Matthias Pechmann et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

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

Characterization of abdominal appendages in the sawfly, Athalia rosae (Hymenoptera), by morphological and gene expression analyses

(2010) Kazuki Oka et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Co-option of an anteroposterior head axis patterning system for proximodistal patterning of appendages in early bilaterian evolution

(2010) Derek Lemons et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

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

Knockdown of Parhyale Ultrabithorax recapitulates evolutionary changes in crustacean appendage morphology

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

Differential recruitment of limb patterning genes during development and diversification of beetle horns

(2009) A. P. Moczek et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wings, Horns, and Butterfly Eyespots: How Do Complex Traits Evolve?

(2009) Antónia Monteiro et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Larval leg integrity is maintained by Distal-less and is required for proper timing of metamorphosis in the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

(2008) Yuichiro Suzuki et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY