Stepwise GRN co-option in the evolution of a dipteran respiratory organ
Yaoming Yang, Xiaobo Zhang, Xiaodong Xu, Jiayao Ren, Lina Shi, Zhuoheng Jiang, Tianlong Cai, Ying Zhen
This study investigates how gene regulatory network co-option drove the evolution of a dipteran respiratory organ through ecological and evolutionary changes.
bioRxiv · Mar 3, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology