Asymmetric evolution of the transcription profiles and cis-regulatory sites contributes to the retention of transcription factor duplicates
Nicholas L. Panchy, Christina B. Azodi, Eamon F. Winship, Ronan C. O’Malley, Shin-Han Shiu
The paper investigates why transcription factor duplicates are retained after whole genome duplication in Arabidopsis, finding that partitioning of ancestral expression and regulatory sites between duplicates contributes to their retention.
bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2017 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology