Determination of the wing identity in Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae)
Functional characterization of MET and its relation with 20E during development an...
| Grant number: | 12/15397-0 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor |
| Start date: | January 01, 2013 |
| End date: | December 31, 2013 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Zoology - Physiology of Recent Groups |
| Principal Investigator: | Dalton de Souza Amorim |
| Grantee: | Moysés Elias Neto |
| Supervisor: | Xavier Bellés Ros |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil |
| Institution abroad: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain |
| Associated to the scholarship: | 12/09108-6 - Determination of the wing identity in Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae), BP.PD |
Abstract Hemimetabolan species are convenient models for the study of insect metamorphosis because they are less modified and therefore more elucidative than the holometabolan. The present project aims to investigate the expression profile and post-transcriptional silencing of Ultrabithorax-Ubx and Sex combs reduced-Scr in the cockroach Blattella germanica, according to the hypothesis that these homeotic genes regulate the determination of the identity of thoracic segments. The use of a primitive pterygote as a biological model can potentially afford new insights into the origin and evolution of wings in insects and lead to a better understanding of the basis of imaginal disk development in more derived Neoptera. (AU) | |
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