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Determination Of The Phylogenetic Range Of Sex Combs Reduced Activity In Drosophila Melanogaster, Laura E. Garofalo
Determination Of The Phylogenetic Range Of Sex Combs Reduced Activity In Drosophila Melanogaster, Laura E. Garofalo
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The homeotic selector (Hox) genes are required for body patterning in bilaterians. Sex combs reduced (SCR) is a HOX protein in Drosophila melanogaster with two activities: SCRT1 and SCRlab activity required for patterning the prothorax (T1) and labia, respectively. SCRT1 is proposed to be conserved throughout bilaterians while the phylogenetic range of functional conservation of SCRlab is comparatively unknown. The goal of this work was to elucidate the evolutionary time point at which SCR activity changed. CRISPR/Cas9 transgenesis was used to incorporate ɸC31 integrase recombination sites in Drosophila Scr. The ɸC31 integrase could …