A micro-RNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus
Shen Tian, Yoshimasa Asano, Tirtha Das Banerjee, Shinya Komata, Jocelyn Liang Qi Wee, Abigail M. Lamb, Yehan Wang, Suriya Narayanan Murugesan, Haruhiko Fujiwara, Kumiko Ui‐Tei, Patricia Jean Wittkopp, Antónia Monteiro
The paper identifies a micro-RNA, mir-193, as the effector gene responsible for melanic wing color polymorphisms in Lepidoptera, showing its conserved function across species.
Science · Dec 5, 2024Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology