Drosophila has been studied as a biological model for many years and many discoveries in biology rely on this species. Research on transposable elements (TEs) is not an exception …
Genetic admixture is central to primate evolution. We combined 50 years of field observations of immigration and group demography with genomic data from~ 9 generations …
The classic model for the evolution of novel gene function is through gene duplication followed by evolution of a new function by one of the copies (neofunctionalization)[1, 2] …
Allopolyploidization (hybridization and whole-genome duplication) is a common phenomenon in plant evolution with immediate saltational effects on genome structure and …
Heritable changes in gene expression are important contributors to phenotypic differences within and between species and are caused by mutations in cis-regulatory elements and …
Precise patterns of gene expression are driven by interactions between transcription factors, regulatory DNA sequences, and chromatin. How DNA mutations affecting any one of these …
The disruption of meiotic sex chromosome inactivation (MSCI) has been proposed to be a major developmental mechanism underlying the rapid evolution of hybrid male sterility. We …
Background Integration of high throughput DNA genotyping and RNA-sequencing data allows for the identification of genomic regions that control gene expression, known as …
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The elevated rate of evolution for genes on sex chromosomes compared with autosomes (Fast-X or Fast-Z evolution) can result either from positive selection in the heterogametic sex …