A revised understanding of Tribolium morphogenesis further reconciles short and long germ development.

In Drosophila melanogaster, the germband forms directly on the egg surface and solely consists of embryonic tissue. In contrast, most insect embryos undergo a complicated set of tissue rearrangements to generate a condensed, multilayered germband. The ventral side of the germband is embryonic, while...

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Main Author: Matthew A Benton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-07-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2005093&type=printable