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Development, Vol 121, Issue 12 3989-3996, Copyright © 1995 by Company of Biologists
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J Broadus and CQ Doe
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Cell and Structural Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA.
In the Drosophila CNS, early neuroblast formation and fate are controlled by the pair-rule class of segmentation genes. The distantly related Schistocerca (grasshopper) embryo has a similar arrangement of neuroblasts, despite lack of known pair-rule gene function. Does divergent pair-rule gene function lead to different neuroblast identities, or can different patterning mechanisms produce homologous neuroblasts? We use four molecular markers to compare Drosophila and Schistocerca neuroblast identity: seven-up, prospero, engrailed, and fushi-tarazu/Dax. In both insects some early-forming neuroblasts share key features of neuroblast identity (position, time of formation, and temporally accurate gene expression); thus, different patterning mechanisms can generate similar neuroblast fates. In contrast, several later-forming neuroblasts show species-specific differences in position and/or gene expression; these neuroblast identities seem to have diverged, suggesting that evolution of the insect central nervous system can occur through changes in embryonic neuroblast identity.
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