Tc-knirps plays different roles in the specification of antennal and mandibular parasegment boundaries and is regulated by a pair-rule gene in the beetle Tribolium castaneum

The Evolution of the knirps Family of Transcription Factors in Arthropods

(2013) Tal Naggan Perl et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Changes in anterior head patterning underlie the evolution of long germ embryogenesis

(2012) Sebastian Kittelmann et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Asymmetrically expressed axin required for anterior development in Tribolium

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

A Segmentation Clock with Two-Segment Periodicity in Insects

(2012) A. F. Sarrazin et al.   SCIENCE

Expression of collier in the premandibular segment of myriapods: support for the traditional Atelocerata concept or a case of convergence?

(2011) Ralf Janssen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Unique establishment of procephalic head segments is supported by the identification of cis-regulatory elements driving segment-specific segment polarity gene expression in Drosophila

(2011) Evgenia Ntini et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Second order regulator Collier directly controls intercalary-specific segment polarity gene expression

(2011) Evgenia Ntini et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Gene expression suggests conserved mechanisms patterning the heads of insects and myriapods

(2011) Ralf Janssen et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Early patterning and blastodermal fate map of the head in the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus

(2011) Michael Birkan et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Candidate Gene Screen in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium Reveals Six3 as Ancient Regulator of Anterior Median Head and Central Complex Development

(2011) Nico Posnien et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genetics, development and composition of the insect head – A beetle’s view

(2010) Nico Posnien et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Apparent role of Tribolium orthodenticle in anteroposterior blastoderm patterning largely reflects novel functions in dorsoventral axis formation and cell survival

(2010) K. Kotkamp et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Evolutionary plasticity of collier function in head development of diverse arthropods

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

An Ancient Anterior Patterning System Promotes Caudal Repression and Head Formation in Ecdysozoa

(2009) Michael Schoppmeier et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

Comparative gene expression in the heads ofDrosophila melanogasterandTribolium castaneumand the segmental affinity of theDrosophilahypopharyngeal lobes

(2009) Andrew D. Economou et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Hedgehog signaling pathway function conserved in Tribolium segmentation

(2008) Laila Farzana et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

The Tribolium ortholog of knirps and knirps-related is crucial for head segmentation but plays a minor role during abdominal patterning

(2008) Alexander C. Cerny et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Divergent functions of orthodenticle, empty spiracles and buttonhead in early head patterning of the beetle Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera)

(2008) Johannes B. Schinko et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Genetic regulation of engrailed and wingless in Tribolium segmentation and the evolution of pair-rule segmentation

(2008) Chong Pyo Choe et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY