2024
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07463-4
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The sex of organ geometry

Laura Blackie,
Pedro Gaspar,
Salem Mosleh
et al.

Abstract: Organs have a distinctive yet often overlooked spatial arrangement in the body1–5. We propose that there is a logic to the shape of an organ and its proximity to its neighbours. Here, by using volumetric scans of many Drosophila melanogaster flies, we develop methods to quantify three-dimensional features of organ shape, position and interindividual variability. We find that both the shapes of organs and their relative arrangement are consistent yet differ between the sexes, and identify unexpected interorgan … Show more

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