1. Patterns of conservation and change in honey bee developmental genes
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Dearden, Peter K., Wilson, Megan J., Sablan, Lisha, Osborne, Peter W., Havler, Melanie, McNaughton, Euan, Kimura, Kiyoshi, Milshina, Natalia V., Hasselmann, Martin, Gempe, Tanja, Schioett, Morten, Brown, Susan J., Elsik, Christine G., Holland, Peter W.H., Kadowaki, Tatsuhiko, and Beye, Martin
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Honeybee -- Genetic aspects ,Developmental genetics -- Research ,Drosophila -- Genetic aspects ,Health - Abstract
The conservation and divergence of genes and developmental processes between Drosophila and honey bee, two holometabolous insects whose lineages separated approximately 300 million years ago, are examined by comparing the presence or absence of 308 Drosophila developmental genes in the honey bee. An examination of the presence or absence of genes involved in conserved pathways (cell signaling, axis formation, segmentation and homebox transcription factors) reveals that the vast majority of genes are conserved.
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- 2006