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

Maternal activation of gap genes in the hover fly Episyrphus

(2010) S. Lemke et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Cell migration that orients the dorsoventral axis is coordinated with anteroposterior patterning mediated by Hedgehog signaling in the early spider embryo

(2010) Y. Akiyama-Oda et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Differing strategies for forming the arthropod body plan: Lessons from Dpp, Sog and Delta in the fly Drosophila and spider Achaearanea

(2010) Hiroki Oda et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Evolutionary plasticity of collier function in head development of diverse arthropods

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

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

Gene expression divergence recapitulates the developmental hourglass model

(2010) Alex T. Kalinka et al.   NATURE

A phylogenetically based transcriptome age index mirrors ontogenetic divergence patterns

(2010) Tomislav Domazet-Lošo et al.   NATURE

hunchback Functions as a Segmentation Gene in the Spider Achaearanea tepidariorum

(2009) Evelyn E. Schwager et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Michael Schoppmeier et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

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

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

Heads and tails: Evolution of antero-posterior patterning in insects

(2008) Miriam I. Rosenberg et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Cupiennius salei andAchaearanea tepidariorum: Spider models for investigating evolution and development

(2008) Alistair P. McGregor et al.   BIOESSAYS

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