Trichomes on female reproductive tract: rapid diversification and underlying gene regulatory network in Drosophila suzukii and its related species
Kentaro M. Tanaka, Kanoko Takahashi, Gavin R. Rice, Mark Rebeiz, Yoshitaka Kamimura, Aya Takahashi
The paper examines oviprovector scales in Drosophila species, finding they have divergent sizes and spatial arrangements and are regulated by a conserved gene network similar to trichomes.
BMC Ecology and Evolution · Jul 28, 2022Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology