Variation in a pleiotropic hub gene drives morphological evolution: Insights from interspecific differences in head shape and eye size in Drosophila
E. Buchberger, A. Bilen, S. Ayaz, D. Salamanca, C. Matas de las Heras, A. Niksic, I. Almudi, M. Torres-Oliva, F. Casares, N. Posnien
The paper investigates how natural variation in the pleiotropic gene Pannier drives morphological differences in head shape and eye size between two Drosophila species.
bioRxiv · Jan 24, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology