Sensory Organ Size Evolution: A View from Drosophila

Isabel Almudi; Alistair P McGregor

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2019.09.003

Sensory Organ Size Evolution: A View from Drosophila

Dev Cell. 2019 Sep 23;50(6):673-674. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.09.003.

Authors

Isabel Almudi¹, Alistair P McGregor²

Affiliations

¹ Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, CSIC/Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera Km1, 41013 Seville, Spain.
² Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK. Electronic address: p0032455@brookes.ac.uk.

PMID: 31550459
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.09.003

Abstract

In this issue of Developmental Cell, Ramaekers et al. (2019) show that changes in eyeless/Pax6 expression cause differences in compound eye size within and between Drosophila species. These findings reveal how changes in the underlying gene regulatory network facilitate eye size evolution and provide insights into organ size regulation.

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MeSH terms

Animals
DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
Drosophila Proteins*
Drosophila*
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Organ Size
PAX6 Transcription Factor
Transcription Factors

Substances

DNA-Binding Proteins
Drosophila Proteins
PAX6 Transcription Factor
Transcription Factors