A quantitative atlas of Even-skipped and Hunchback expression in Clogmia albipunctata (Diptera: Psychodidae) blastoderm embryos.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comparative studies of developmental processes are one of the main approaches to evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo). Over recent years, there has been a shift of focus from the comparative study of particular regulatory genes to the level of whole gene networks. Reverse-engineering methods can be used to computationally reconstitute and analyze the function and dynamics of such networks. These methods require quantitative spatio-temporal expression data for model fitting. Obtaining such data in non-model organisms remains a major technical challenge, impeding the wider application of data-driven mathematical modeling to evo-devo.

Results

We have raised antibodies against four segmentation gene products in the moth midge Clogmia albipunctata, a non-droso

SUBMITTER: Janssens H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3897886 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature