Konstantinides Lab – Evolution of patterning

Konstantinides Lab – Evolution of patterning

L’équipe Konstantinides a publié un nouvel article dans The FEBS Journal :

Evolution of patterning

 

Résumé :

Developing tissues are patterned in space and time; this enables them to differentiate their cell types and form complex structures to support different body plans. Although space and time are two independent entities, there are many examples of spatial patterns that originate from temporal ones. The most prominent example is the expression of the genes hunchbackKrüppelpdm, and castor, which are expressed temporally in the neural stem cells of the Drosophila ventral nerve cord and spatially along the anteroposterior axis of the blastoderm stage embryo. In this Viewpoint, we investigate the relationship between space and time in specific examples of spatial and temporal patterns with the aim of gaining insight into the evolutionary history of patterning.

 

Le pdf de l’article est disponible ici.