On the origin and evolution of RNA editing in metazoans
Q. Li, P. Zhang, J. Li, H. Yu, X. Zhan, Y. Zhu, Q. Guo, H. Tan, N. Lundholm, L. Garcia, M. D. Martin, M. A. Subirats, Y.-H. Su, I. Ruiz-Trillo, M. Q. Martindale, , G. Zhang
The paper investigates the origin and evolution of A-to-I RNA editing in metazoans, finding it emerged in the common ancestor and is nonadaptive in most regions except for specific taxa.
bioRxiv · Jan 19, 2020Evolutionary Biology