Heterochrony in orthodenticle expression is associated with ommatidial size variation between Drosophila species
Taken together, our results suggest that differential timing of otd expression may contribute to natural variation in ommatidia size between D. mauritiana and D. simulans, which provides new insights into the mechanisms underlying the regulation and evolution of compound eye size in insects.
Authors
- Lauren Sumner‐Rooney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0196-5069)
- Saad Arif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0811-8604)
- Genoveva Guerrero
- Maike Kittelmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9710-1136)
- Maria D. S. Nunes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2178-4628)
- Fernando Casares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2181-3858)
- Pedro Gaspar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4376-4169)
- Alexandra D. Buffry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8170-4469)
- Javier Figueras Jimenez
- Elisa Buchberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0213-2544)
- Montserrat Torres-Oliva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4082-2810)
- Alistair P. McGregor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-2420)
- Nico Posnien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0700-5595)
- Isabel Almudí (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7978-4394)
- Georg C. Bullinger
Institutions
- Oxford Brookes University (GB)
- Museum für Naturkunde (DE)
- Durham University (GB)
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE)
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (ES)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- Clínica Diagonal (ES)
- Genomics (United Kingdom) (GB)
- MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (GB)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
- Universidad Pablo de Olavide (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02136-8
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.82
Funders
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Paul Scherrer Institut
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- European Research Council