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SUMMARY:The evolution of dorsoventral patterning in insects - Siegfried Ro
 th\, University of Cologne\, Germany
DTSTART:20121128T130000Z
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CONTACT:Vera Hunnekuhl
DESCRIPTION:The evolution of dorsoventral patterning in insects\n\nThe gen
 e regulatory network (GRN) underpinning dorsal-ventral (DV)\npatterning an
 d gastrulation of the/Drosophila/ embryo is among the most\nthoroughly und
 erstood GRNs\, making it an ideal system for comparative\nstudies seeking 
 to understand the evolution of development. With the\nemergence of widely 
 applicable techniques for testing gene function\,\nspecies with sequenced 
 genomes\, and multiple tractable species with\ndiverse developmental modes
 \, a phylogenetically broad and molecularly\ndeep understanding of the evo
 lution of DV axis formation in insects is\nfeasible.  I will review recent
  progress made in this field with\nparticular focus on the evolution of EG
 F\, Toll and BMP signaling.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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