Ancestral regulatory mechanisms specify conserved midbrain circuitry in arthropods and vertebrates
Jéssika Cristina Bridi, Zoe N. Ludlow, Benjamin Kottler, Beate Hartmann, Lies Vanden Broeck, Jonah Dearlove, Markus Göker, Nicholas James Strausfeld, Patrick Callaerts, Frank Hirth
The paper identifies conserved gene regulatory networks specifying midbrain circuitry in arthropods and vertebrates, showing functional parallels between Drosophila DTB and vertebrate MHB.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Aug 3, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience