Ecological load and balancing selection in circumboreal barnacles
J. C. B. Nunez, S. Rong, A. Damian-Serrano, J. T. Burley, R. Elyanow, D. A. Ferranti, K. B. Neil, H. Glenner, M. A. Rosenblad, A. Blomberg, K. Johannesson, D. M. Rand
The paper identifies balancing selection in circumboreal barnacles, showing 4% of genes are maintained across 2 million years, with functions in ion regulation, pain reception, and heat tolerance.
bioRxiv · Jul 18, 2020Evolutionary Biology