Independent erosion of conserved transcription factor binding sites points to shared hindlimb, vision, and scrotum loss in different mammals
M. J. Berger, A. M. Wenger, H. Guturu, G. Bejerano
The paper identifies independently eroded transcription factor binding sites linked to shared trait losses in mammals, such as hindlimb loss, vision degradation, and scrotum loss.
bioRxiv · Oct 3, 2017Evolutionary Biology