Conserved genetic programs in insect and
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Frank Hirth; Heinrich Reichert
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In recent years it has become evident that the developmental regulatory genes involved in patterning the embryonic body plan are conserved throughout the animal kingdom. Striking examples are the orthodenticle (otd/Otx) gene family and the Hox gene family, both of which act in the specification of a