Arthropod segmentation

E Clark, AD Peel, M Akam - Development, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
There is now compelling evidence that many arthropods pattern their segments using a
clock-and-wavefront mechanism, analogous to that operating during vertebrate …

Sex differences in spiders: from phenotype to genomics

M Cordellier, JM Schneider, G Uhl… - Development Genes and …, 2020 - Springer
Sexual reproduction is pervasive in animals and has led to the evolution of sexual
dimorphism. In most animals, males and females show marked differences in primary and …

An atlas of spider development at single-cell resolution provides new insights into arthropod embryogenesis

DJ Leite, A Schönauer, G Blakeley, A Harper… - EvoDevo, 2024 - Springer
Spiders are a diverse order of chelicerates that diverged from other arthropods over 500
million years ago. Research on spider embryogenesis, particularly studies using the …

It takes Two: Discovery of Spider Pax2 Duplicates Indicates Prominent Role in Chelicerate Central Nervous System, Eye, as Well as External Sense Organ Precursor …

M Janeschik, MI Schacht, F Platten… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Paired box genes are conserved across animals and encode transcription factors playing
key roles in development, especially neurogenesis. Pax6 is a chief example for functional …

Genomic resources and toolkits for developmental study of whip spiders (Amblypygi) provide insights into arachnid genome evolution and antenniform leg patterning

G Gainett, PP Sharma - EvoDevo, 2020 - Springer
Background The resurgence of interest in the comparative developmental study of
chelicerates has led to important insights, such as the discovery of a genome duplication …

The amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis: An emerging comparative model of arthropod development, evolution, and regeneration

DA Sun, NH Patel - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in genetic manipulation and genome sequencing have paved the way for
a new generation of research organisms. The amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis is …

Phylogenetic analysis and embryonic expression of panarthropod Dmrt genes

V Panara, GE Budd, R Janssen - Frontiers in zoology, 2019 - Springer
Background One set of the developmentally important Doublesex and Male-abnormal-3
Related Transcription factors (Dmrt) is subject of intense research, because of their role in …

A conserved role for arrow in posterior axis patterning across Arthropoda

EVW Setton, PP Sharma - Developmental Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Segmentation is a key characteristic of Arthropoda that is linked to the evolutionary success
of this lineage. It has previously been shown in both vertebrates and short germ insects that …

Eggs to long-legs: embryonic staging of the harvestman Phalangium opilio (Opiliones), an emerging model arachnid

G Gainett, AR Crawford, BC Klementz, C So… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - Springer
Background The comparative embryology of Chelicerata has greatly advanced in recent
years with the integration of classical studies and genetics, prominently spearheaded by …

The Nasonia pair-rule gene regulatory network retains its function over 300 million years of evolution

SE Taylor, PK Dearden - Development, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Insect segmentation is a well-studied and tractable system with which to investigate the
genetic regulation of development. Though insects segment their germband using a variety …