Conserved regulatory architecture underlies parallel genetic changes and convergent phenotypic evolution
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Conserved regulatory architecture underlies parallel genetic changes and convergent phenotypic evolution.
Similar morphological, physiological, and behavioral features have evolved independently in different species, a pattern known as convergence. It is known that morphological convergence can occur through changes in orthologous genes. In some cases of convergence, cis-regulatory changes generate parallel modifications in the expression patterns of orthologous genes. Our understanding of how chan...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207715109