tarsal-less is expressed as a gap gene but has no gap gene phenotype in the moth midge Clogmia albipunctata.

ABSTRACT: Gap genes are involved in segment determination during early development of the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster and other dipteran insects (flies, midges and mosquitoes). They are expressed in overlapping domains along the antero-posterior (A-P) axis of the blastoderm embryo. While gap domains cover the entire length of the A-P axis in Drosophila, there is a region in the blastoderm of the moth midge Clogmia albipunctata, which lacks canonical gap gene expression. Is a non-canonical gap gene functioning in this area? Here, we characterize tarsal-less (tal) in C. albipunctata. The homologue of tal in the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (called milles-pattes, mlpt) is a bona fide gap gene. We find that Ca-tal i

SUBMITTER: Jimenez-Guri E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6124123 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature