Oxygen-sensing regulatory architecture structures mammalian diversification
Jeroen Bert Smaers, Alejandro Gil-Gómez, Rosalind EM Rickaby, Christopher William Pugh, C West, P Aggarwal, Annika Hecker, A Chen, Chloe Wen, Markus Riessland, Joshua S. Rest
The paper analyzes oxygen-sensing regulatory architecture across 239 mammalian species, finding it tracks evolutionary transitions, ecological strategies, and cancer resistance.
bioRxiv · Jul 24, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology