What establishes the boundary between the two sections of a #spider's body plan (#cephalothorax & #abdomen)? This study identifies a new gene named "waist-less" (an Iroquois paralogue) that is required for patterning the spider body plan #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/478Wn1T
A taxon-restricted duplicate of Iroquois3 is required for patterning the spider waist
The chelicerate body plan is unique among arthropods because segments are divided into two tagmata – cephalothorax and abdomen – but the mechanisms that establish the boundary between them remains unclear. Here, the authors identify a new gene named waist-less that is required for patterning the spider body plan.
