Hemimetabolous insects elucidate the origin of sexual development via alternative splicing
Judith R. Wexler, Emily Delaney, Xavier Bellés, Coby Schal, Ayako Wada‐Katsumata, Matthew J. Amicucci, Artyom Kopp
This paper investigates the evolution of sexual development in insects by analyzing dsx and tra expression in three hemimetabolous insect orders, revealing a gradual, mosaic evolution of the tra-dsx splicing cascade.
eLife · Sep 3, 2019Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology