Tag Archives: WING

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 »

Imaginal discs in Insects

By | April 17, 2021

Imaginal discs are very fascinating structures observed in larva of holometabolous insects and can be defined as Clusters of undifferentiated embryonic cells in holometabolous insects that proliferate during larval stages and then differentiate during the pupal stage upon induction by ecdysone but in the absence of juvenile hormone. In one of the recent post dealing… Read More »