Genomic analyses of the Linum distyly supergene reveal convergent evolution at the molecular level
J. Gutierrez-Valencia, M. Fracassetti, E. L. Berdan, I. Bunikis, L. Soler, J. Dainat, V. E. Kutschera, A. Losvik, A. Desamore, W. Hughes, A. Foroozani, B. Laenen, E. Pesquet, M. Abdelaziz, O. Vinnere Pettersson, , T. Slotte
This study analyzes the Linum distyly supergene to show convergent evolution in its genetic architecture and reveals hemizygosity and thrum-specific expression of S-linked genes.
bioRxiv · May 27, 2022Evolutionary Biology