Birth-and-death evolution of the fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) gene family and diversification of cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis in Drosophila
C. Finet, K. Slavik, J. Pu, S. B. Carroll, H. Chung
The paper investigates the evolutionary dynamics of the FAR gene family in Drosophila, finding that genes involved in cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis show higher instability compared to those in essential fatty acid pathways.
bioRxiv · Jan 2, 2019Evolutionary Biology