Homoplastic evolution of proximal podomere patterning across Arthropoda
Benjamin C Klementz, Max Hämmerle, Ethan M Laumer, Sophie M Neu, Madeline M Koebrick, Nithya Atla, Pranil Panda, Neeharika Verma, Georg Brenneis, Prashant P Sharma
The paper examines proximal podomere patterning in sea spiders and arachnids, finding homoplastic evolution of gene expression patterns that challenges assumptions about leg segment homology.
bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology