Bat Accelerated Regions Identify a Bat Forelimb Specific Enhancer in the HoxD Locus
Betty M Booker, Tara Friedrich, Mandy K Mason, Julia E VanderMeer, Jingjing Zhao, Walter L Eckalbar, Malcolm Logan, Nicola Illing, Katherine S Pollard, Nadav Ahituv
The paper identifies bat-specific enhancer regions in the HoxD locus that show differential activity in bat and mouse limbs, potentially contributing to bat wing development.
PLOS Genetics · Mar 28, 2016Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology