Parhyale leg-patterning knockouts and wing homology
Gene knockouts align crustacean proximal limb segments and insect lateral body-wall or wing structures in a testable developmental model.
Represented range0–0 Ma
RegionsParhyale hawaiensis CRISPR and comparative insect expression dataset
CladesPancrustacea · Pterygota
Claim ledger
event-mechanism · high
CRISPR knockout and expression comparisons in Parhyale hawaiensis and insects support serial homology between proximal leg segments, lateral body wall and wing-related structures, but do not directly observe the first insect wing or identify one fossil transition.