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These abnormalities lead to NB polyploidy and the concomitant loss of identified neurons and glia. In svp embryos, NB polyploidization occurs nearly simultaneously among NBs with different svp expression profiles, suggesting that the generation of NB lineages may be extrinsically controlled.","As a first step toward understanding the evolution of nervous system development, we compared gene expression in NBs of two insects: Drosophila and Schistocerca, which are separated by over 300 million years during evolution. In Drosophila, the formation and fate of early-forming NBs are controlled by the pair-rule class of segmentation genes. The distantly related Schistocerca embryo has a similar arrangement of NBs, despite lack of known pair-rule gene function. We show that the pattern of gene expression in early NBs is also highly conserved. Our observation of homologous NB fates supports a principle raised by studies of insect segmentation: different gene hierarchies can create a conserved developmental consequence. In addition, we observe that later-forming NBs are often dissimilar. This result demonstrates that changes in upstream control of NB formation is an innovation that can also generate NB diversity during evolution.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:28:37Z (GMT). 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