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Now that the genes controlling embryonic patterning have been identified in several model organisms, long-standing questions concerning the evolution of developmental systems are open to investigation. Examination of the expression of even-skipped in a variety of insects reveals that insect germ-type designations apparently do not reflect the variations in the mechanisms of segmentation evident throughout insect phylogeny.
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Patel, N., Condron, B. & Zinn, K. Pair-rule expression patterns of even-skipped are found in both short- and long-germ beetles. Nature 367, 429–434 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/367429a0
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