Ximena Gutiérrez Ramos

Segmentation gene expression and function in Vanessa cardui, an emerging model for Lepidoptera.

Although all insects are segmented, the genes that control this process vary across species. Many of the pair-rule (PR) genes that direct segment formation in Drosophila are similarly utilized in other holometabolous insects, but more distantly related species use different genes for PR-patterning. Previously, we showe...