THE EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DIPTERAN WING VEINS: A Systematic Approach

In this review, we use the wing veins of dipteran insects as potential models for understanding the evolution of development. We briefly discuss previous work in this field and examine the genetic complexity of wing formation, discussing the genes involved in wing formation and their roles in Drosop...

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Published in:Annual review of entomology 1999-01, Vol.44 (1), p.97-129
Main Authors: Stark, Julian, Bonacum, James, Remsen, James, DeSalle, Rob
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
biological development
Biological Evolution
developmental evolution
Diptera
Diptera - genetics
Diptera - growth & development
dipteran systematics
Drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster - genetics
Drosophila melanogaster - growth & development
evolution
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genes, Insect
genetics
Insecta
Invertebrates
literature reviews
Male
Models, Biological
Mutation
phyletic phenocopies
phylogeny
Systematics. Geographical distribution
taxonomy
veins
wing venation
wings
Wings, Animal - blood supply
Wings, Animal - growth & development
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Summary:In this review, we use the wing veins of dipteran insects as potential models for understanding the evolution of development. We briefly discuss previous work in this field and examine the genetic complexity of wing formation, discussing the genes involved in wing formation and their roles in Drosophila wing development and vein formation. Furthermore, patterns of wing vein formation, addition, and reduction are discussed as they occur throughout the Diptera. Using the phyletic phenocopy paradigm, we draw attention to many wing vein morphologies that phenocopy various wing mutants in Drosophila melanogaster . The systematic issues of the nature of characters, homology, and the role of modern developmental approaches to evolutionary studies, which has recently become important, can be addressed from the perspective of the wing. We argue that further developmental evolutionary studies, and the interpretation of data therefrom, must be conducted within the context of a well-supported phylogeny of the organisms under study.
ISSN:0066-4170
1545-4487
DOI:10.1146/annurev.ento.44.1.97