Evolution of dominance in a Mendelian trait is linked to the evolution of environmental plasticity.
Yuichi Fukutomi, Alexandra Phillips-Garcia, Jingqi Liu, A Chuang, Masayoshi Watada, Seema Ramniwas, Artyom Kopp
This paper shows that the evolution of dominance in a Mendelian trait is linked to changes in phenotypic plasticity, specifically in the pdm3 gene across Drosophila species.
Evolution · Sep 13, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology