Lineage-specific, fast-evolving GATA-like gene regulates zygotic gene activation to promote endoderm specification and pattern formation in the Theridiidae spider
Sawa Iwasaki-Yokozawa, Ryota Nanjo, Yasuko Akiyama‐Oda, Hiroki Oda
The paper identifies a lineage-specific, fast-evolving GATA-like gene in spiders that regulates zygotic gene activation and endoderm specification during early development.
BMC Biology · Oct 6, 2022Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology