Functional Characterization of Abdominal-A in the Pine Caterpillar Moth, Dendrolimus punctatus
Huihui Liu,
Lin Chen,
Qinghua Ma
et al.
Abstract:Hox genes, specifically the bithorax complex (ubx, abdominal-a, and abdominal-b), play a crucial role in specifying posterior abdominal development and serve as key regulators of germline gene development in insects. However, the function of the bithorax complex in the pine caterpillar moth, Dendrolimus punctatus, a major pine tree defoliator in China, remains largely unknown. Specifically, Abdominal-A (Abd-a) controls regional variation in abdominal segmentation in model insects such as Drosophila and Triboli… Show more
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