Natural and laboratory mutations in kuzbanian are associated with heavy metal stress phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster
Hung Le, Lain Guio, Miriam Merenciano, Quirze Rovira, Maite G Barron, Josefa Gonzalez
The paper investigates the association between mutations in kuzbanian and zinc stress phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster, finding that overexpression increases tolerance while natural mutations have context-dependent effects.
bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2016Evolutionary Biology