Table 1 Expression profiles of genes involved in the development of presumptive neurosecretory brain centers during development of the onychophorans Euperipatoides rowelli and E. kanangrensis, the centipedes Strigamia maritima [48], and the millipede Glomeris marginata [67]
Gene | Onychophora (Euperipatoides rowelli & E. kanangrensis) | Myriapoda (Strigamia maritima & Glomeris marginata) |
|---|---|---|
Medial protocerebrum/ hypocerebral organs | Anterior medial region | |
six3 | + | + |
FoxQ2 | + | + |
NK2.1 | + | + |
rx | + | + |
hbn | + | + |
vax | + | + |
vsx | + | – |