Gene loss during a transition to multicellularity
B. Jimenez-Marin, J. B. Rakijas, A. Tyagi, A. Pandey, E. R. Hanschen, J. Anderson, M. G. Heffel, T. G. Platt, B. J. S. C. Olson
The paper examines gene loss in volvocine algae during multicellular evolution, finding that gene loss drives developmental complexity through novel protein interactions and network reconfiguration.
bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology