Transcriptome of pleuropodia from locust embryos supports that these organs produce enzymes enabling the larva to hatch
Abstract Background Pleuropodia are limb-derived glandular organs that transiently appear on the first abdominal segment in embryos of insects from majority of “orders”. They are missing in the genetic model Drosophila and little is known about them. Experiments carried out on orthopteran insects 80...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-019-0349-2 |