Lineage-specific head development in the coffin-headed cricket Loxoblemmus equestris links the final molt with novel trait evolution

Abstract Background Lineage-specific adult structures form through modifications of pre-existing juvenile body parts during postembryonic development in insects. It remains unclear how these novel traits originate from ancestral structures within the constrained body plan. In the coffin-headed crick...

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Main Authors: Mizuho Yoneda, Shinichi Morita, Teruyuki Niimi, Takaaki Daimon, Takahiro Ohde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-07-01
Series:EvoDevo
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-025-00249-3
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