1. Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA;2. Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Abstract:
Highlights? The germ layers of Drosophila species are unequally scaled to size during evolution ? Evolutionary changes in nuclear size and density affect the Dl gradient scaling ? Mesodermal variations rely on Dl distribution instead of regulation of target genes ? Dl gradient distortions allow new positioning of ventral neuroectodermal border