Tag Archives: Ultrabithorax

Hox gene Ultrabithorax is required for wing formation in Tribolium (beetles)

By | April 20, 2021

Do you know that Beetles account for around 25% of all known life-forms on this planet. They belong to the order Coleoptera, which happens to be the largest and most diverse order, not only in the insect class, but in the entire animal kingdom. It is believed that there are eight times as many beetle… Read More »

How a single Hox gene (Ultrabithorax) can specify two different morphologies ?

By | April 20, 2021

Bithorax complex in Drosophila consists of three homeodomain encoding proteins : Ultrabithorax (Ubx), abdominal-A (abd-A) and Abdominal-B (Abd-B). The function of these bithorax genes is to pattern entire abdomen ( A1-A9 segments ) and a part of third thoracic segment ,which happens to be their normal expression domain in embryos. These Hox proteins are expressed… Read More »