Molecular signatures of selection associated with host-plant differences in Pieris butterflies
Y. Okamura, A. Sato, N. Tsuzuki, M. Murakami, H. Heidel-Fischer, H. Vogel
The paper investigates evolutionary forces on NSP-like genes in Pieris butterflies linked to host-plant adaptation, finding positive selection in NSPs but not in MAs or SDMAs.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2019Evolutionary Biology