Title |
Segmentation of the millipede trunk as suggested by a homeotic mutant with six extra pairs of gonopods
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Published in |
Frontiers in Zoology, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1742-9994-11-6 |
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Authors |
Nesrine Akkari, Henrik Enghoff, Alessandro Minelli |
Abstract |
The mismatch between dorsal and ventral trunk features along the millipede trunk was long a subject of controversy, largely resting on alternative interpretations of segmentation. Most models of arthropod segmentation presuppose a strict sequential antero-posterior specification of trunk segments, whereas alternative models involve the early delineation of a limited number of 'primary segments' followed by their sequential stereotypic subdivision into 2n definitive segments. The 'primary segments' should be intended as units identified by molecular markers, rather than as overt morphological entities. Two predictions were suggested to test the plausibility of multiple-duplication models of segmentation: first, a specific pattern of evolvability of segment number in those arthropod clades in which segment number is not fixed (e.g., epimorphic centipedes and millipedes); second, the occurrence of discrete multisegmental patterns due to early, initially contiguous positional markers. |
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