Anatomical study of the red flour beetle using synchrotron radiation X‐ray phase‐contrast micro‐tomography

ML Vommaro, S Donato, LK Lo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Synchrotron X‐ray phase‐contrast microtomography (SR‐PhC micro‐CT) is well
established, fast and non‐destructive imaging technique for data acquisition that is currently …

An ancestral apical brain region contributes to the central complex under the control of foxQ2 in the beetle Tribolium

B He, M Buescher, MS Farnworth, F Strobl, EHK Stelzer… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The genetic control of anterior brain development is highly conserved throughout animals.
For instance, a conserved anterior gene regulatory network specifies the ancestral …

Sequence heterochrony led to a gain of functionality in an immature stage of the central complex: A fly–beetle insight

MS Farnworth, KN Eckermann, G Bucher - PLoS biology, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Animal behavior is guided by the brain. Therefore, adaptations of brain structure and
function are essential for animal survival, and each species differs in such adaptations. The …

Differences in size and number of embryonic type-II neuroblast lineages are associated with divergent timing of central complex development between beetle and fly

S Rethemeier, S Fritzsche, D Mühlen, G Bucher… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Background: Despite its conserved basic structure, the morphology of the insect brain and
the timing of its development underwent evolutionary adaptions. However, little is known on …

Shaking hands is a homeodomain transcription factor that controls axon outgrowth of central complex neurons in the insect model Tribolium

NC Garcia-Perez, G Bucher, M Buescher - Development, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Gene regulatory mechanisms that specify subtype identity of central complex (CX) neurons
are the subject of intense investigation. The CX is a compartment within the brain common to …

Identifikation und Charakterisierung von Typ-II-Neuroblasten im Embryo des Mehlkäfers Tribolium castaneum

S Rethemeier - 2024 - ediss.uni-goettingen.de
Evolution has created a wide range of morphological diversity in insect brains, while the
basic structure is conserved. Little is known about the mechanisms that lead to this …

Shaking hands is a putative terminal selector and controls axon outgrowth of central complex neurons in the insect model Tribolium

NC Garcia-Perez, G Bucher, M Buescher - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Individual cell types are specified by transcriptional programs which act during development.
Gene regulatory mechanisms which specify subtype identity of central complex (CX) …