The effect of developmental pleiotropy on the evolution of insect immune genes
T. M. Ngo, A. M. Williams, A. T. Tate
This study investigates how pleiotropy affects the evolution of immune genes in Drosophila, finding that pleiotropic immune genes evolve more slowly but also experience more positive selection.
bioRxiv · May 12, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology