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Abstract Using sequence homology to Drosophila homeobox-containing genes, we have cloned a homologue of abdominal-A from the locust Schistocerca gregaria. The Schistocerca clone encodes a stretch of 78 amino acids including the homeodomain and its flanking regions identical to the corresponding region of abdominal-A. We have shown by in situ hybridization that this gene is transcribed and have used an antibody raised against its protein product to examine the expression of abdominal-A during early Schistocerca embryogenesis. Schistocerca is a short germ insect. Although the segmented body plan is very similar to that of Drosophila, the segments are generated sequentially by a process of growth, not simultaneously by subdivision of a syncytial blastoderm. In both organisms, abdominal-A is expressed throughout the abdomen from a sharp anterior boundary located within the first abdominal segment (Al). The initial activation of the genes in the two species differs. Schistocerca initiates expression in a small group of cells in the anterior of A2, shortly after this segment is defined by the appearance of engrailed protein. This contrasts with the appearance of abdominal-A expression in Drosophila, which appears simultaneously throughout the entire abdomen.

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Tear, G., Akam, M., & Martinez-Arias, A. (1990). Isolation of an abdominal-A gene from the locust Schistocerca gregaria and its expression during early embryogenesis. Development, 110(3), 915–925.

Authors 3
  1. Guy Tear (first)
  2. Michael Akam (additional)
  3. Alfonso Martinez-Arias (additional)
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@article{Tear_1990, title={Isolation of an abdominal-A gene from the locust Schistocerca gregaria and its expression during early embryogenesis}, volume={110}, ISSN={1477-9129}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dev.110.3.915}, DOI={10.1242/dev.110.3.915}, number={3}, journal={Development}, publisher={The Company of Biologists}, author={Tear, Guy and Akam, Michael and Martinez-Arias, Alfonso}, year={1990}, month=nov, pages={915–925} }