TY  - JOUR
TI  - Developmental biology of the leech <I>Helobdella</I>
AU  - Weisblat, DavidA.
AU  - Kuo, Dian-Han
T2  - The International Journal of Developmental Biology
AB  - Glossiphoniid leeches of the genus Helobdella provide experimentally tractable models for studies in evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo). Here, after a brief rationale, we will summarize our current understanding of Helobdella development and highlight the near term prospects for future investigations, with respect to the issues of: D quadrant specification; the transition from spiral to bilaterally symmetric cleavage; segmentation, and the connections between segmental and non-segmental tissues; modifications of BMP signaling in dorsoventral patterning and the O-P equivalence group; germ line specification and genome rearrangements. The goal of this contribution is to serve as a summary of, and guide to, published work.
PY  - 2014
DO  - 10.1387/ijdb.140132dw
VL  - 58
IS  - 6-7-8
SP  - 429
EP  - 443
J2  - Int. J. Dev. Biol.
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-6282
SN  - 1696-3547
UR  - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/140132dw
Y2  - 2024/05/06/21:25:52
ER  -