Lack of paternal silencing and ecotype-specific expression in head and body lice hybrids.
H. Marshall, A. G. de la Filia, R. Cavalieri, E. B. Mallon, J. M. Clark, L. Ross
This study shows hybrid human lice males exhibit biparental gene expression, contradicting paternal genome elimination, and identifies ecotype-specific expression and maternally-biased genes.
bioRxiv · May 7, 2023Evolutionary Biology