Changes in global repression underlie the evolution of Drosophila abdominal pigmentation
I. D. Mendez-Gonzalez, T. M. Williams, M. Rebeiz
The paper shows that changes in silencer elements, not enhancers, drive evolutionary changes in Drosophila abdominal pigmentation by altering repression patterns of the ebony gene.
bioRxiv · Sep 9, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology