Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Publication Source
Sericologia
Abstract
The mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori, a holometabolous lepidopteran insect, has a metameric body plan. Due to its functional adaptation, B. mori presents some unique deviations in its pal/ern from the evolutionarily advanced dipteran insect, Drosophila melanogaster. Previous studies on mutant phenotype analysis in B. mori have been carried out in late stages of larval development. Here we employ, the cuticle preparation approach during embryonic development to study morphological landmarks associated with B. mori, Eri, another race a/silkworm, and pattern defects associated with Ekp mutant of B.mori. The homeotic mutant Ekp, generates ectopic abdominallegs, a feature previously documented only during larval development. Using cuticle preparation approach the patterning defects of extra abdominal legs of Ekp mutation could be detected as early as 7.5-day-old embryo. This approach can be exploited to study patterning defects in B. mori mutants affecting early development.
Inclusive pages
113-117
ISBN/ISSN
0250-3980
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2009, International Sericultural Commission
Publisher
International Sericultural Commission
Volume
49
Peer Reviewed
yes
Issue
1
eCommons Citation
Singh, Amit; Kango-Singh, Madhuri; and Gopinathan, K. P., "Patterning Defects in Silkworm Embryos Analysed through Cuticle Preparations" (2009). Biology Faculty Publications. 180.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/bio_fac_pub/180
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