Limb development: Getting down to the ground state

B. Starling Emerald, Stephen M. Cohen

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Abstract

In 1935, Snodgrass proposed that the evolutionary ground state of arthropod limbs consisted of two segments. Recent genetic studies on the Antennapedia and Homothorax genes of Drosophila raise questions about the nature of this ground state appendage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)R1025-R1027
JournalCurrent Biology
Volume11
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 11 2001
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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