Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Pages: 337-346

Journal: Soil Organisms

Volume number: 81

Issue number: 3

URL: https://www.senckenberg.de/de/wissenschaft/publikationen/wissenschaftliche-zeitschriften/soil-organisms/allvol/2009-soil-organisms/#content-0005_1

Publisher: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

Abstract: 

The adult body plan is laid down during embryonic and post-embryonic
development of an organism. Here we review two examples for how data on
gene expression during embryonic development have changed our
understanding of the adult body plan of myriapods. Gene expression
studies in the geophilomorph centipede Strigamia maritima (Leach,
1817) have demonstrated that a developmental constraint underlies the
always-odd number of leg bearing segments in geophilomorph centipedes.
Similarly, data on gene expression in the millipede Glomeris marginata (Villers,
1789) have demonstrated a decoupling of dorsal and ventral
segmentation, which provided an explanation for the discrepancy in
dorsal and ventral structures in the body of millipedes. Knowledge on
the molecular mechanisms underlying embryonic development therefore
significantly contributes to understanding morphological features of the
adult myriapod body.

Harvard Citation style: Damen, W., Prpic, N. and Janssen, R. (2009) Embryonic development and the understanding of the adult body plan in myriapods, Soil Organisms, 81(3), pp. 337-346. https://www.senckenberg.de/de/wissenschaft/publikationen/wissenschaftliche-zeitschriften/soil-organisms/allvol/2009-soil-organisms/#content-0005_1

APA Citation style: Damen, W., Prpic, N., & Janssen, R. (2009). Embryonic development and the understanding of the adult body plan in myriapods. Soil Organisms. 81(3), 337-346. https://www.senckenberg.de/de/wissenschaft/publikationen/wissenschaftliche-zeitschriften/soil-organisms/allvol/2009-soil-organisms/#content-0005_1