The onset of deformation in the N=88~90 region and the effects of the gap at Z=64 subshell on nucler structure are investigated in a microscopic approach of the interacting bo- son model. It turns out that, besides the n-p interaction, the distribution of single particle levels in the shell model space also plays a direct and important role in the rapid transition of sp- ectrum structure. For Nd~Dy nuclei the calculations show excellent a...