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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2018

A morphological novelty evolved by co-option of a reduced gene regulatory network and gene recruitment in a beetle.

Yonggang Hu, Christian Schmitt-Engel, Jonas Schwirz, Nadi Stroehlein, Tobias Richter, Upalparna Majumdar, Gregor Bucher

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yonggang HuDepartment of Evolutionary Developmental Genetics, GZMB, University of Göttingen, Justus von Liebig Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Christian Schmitt-EngelDepartment of Evolutionary Developmental Genetics, GZMB, University of Göttingen, Justus von Liebig Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Jonas SchwirzDepartment of Evolutionary Developmental Genetics, GZMB, University of Göttingen, Justus von Liebig Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Nadi StroehleinDepartment of Biology, Division of Developmental Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Tobias RichterDepartment of Biology, Division of Developmental Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Upalparna MajumdarDepartment of Biology, Division of Developmental Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Gregor BucherDepartment of Evolutionary Developmental Genetics, GZMB, University of Göttingen, Justus von Liebig Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany gbucher1@uni-goettingen.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4615-6401
University of Göttingen · DEFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms underlying the evolution of morphological novelties have remained enigmatic but co-option of existing gene regulatory networks (GRNs), recruitment of genes and the evolution of orphan genes have all been suggested to contribute. Here, we study a morphological novelty of beetle pupae called gin-trap. By combining the classical candidate gene approach with unbiased screening in the beetle

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Regulatory NetworksGenes, InsectAnimalsPupaTriboliumco-optiongin-trapmorphological noveltyorphan genesrecruitmentwing

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PMID30135167
PMCPMC6125890
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