Table 1.

Pupal length, wing area, ratio of posterior compartment to total wing area, and anterior/posterior wing epidermal cell densities of female Drosophila of the indicated genotypes

All measurements are presented as the mean with standard deviation in parentheses.

^an = 25; Pupal length differences between w1118 and either UAS-NF1, NF1^E1/NF1^E2 or en-GAL4/+; UAS-NF1, NF1^E1/NF1^E2 were statistically significant (p < 0.0001). The difference in pupal size between w1118 and elav-GAL4/+; UAS-NF1, NF1^E1/NF1^E2 was not significant (p = 0.46).

^bWing area measurements were made using NIH Image 1.62 (n = 16).

^cCalculated by counting the number of wing hairs in a 0.01-mm² area between veins L2 and L3 (anterior), or between L5 and the wing edge (posterior) (n = 12).