Evolution And Multiple Roles Of The Pancrustacea Specific Transcription Factor zelda In Insects
Lupis Ribeiro, Vitória Tobias Santos, Daniele das Graças dos Santos, Felipe Antunes, Géorgia da Silva Feltran, Jackson Souza‐Menezes, Lakshminarayanan Aravind, Thiago M. Venâncio, Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca
This study investigates the evolutionary origin and functional roles of the transcription factor zelda in short-germ insects, revealing its involvement in MZT, posterior segmentation, and pluripotency maintenance.
PLoS Genetics · Jul 3, 2017Peer-reviewedGenetics