Adaptive evolution at mRNA editing sites in soft-bodied cephalopods
M. A. Moldovan, Z. Chervontseva, G. A. Bazykin, M. S. Gelfand
The paper shows that mRNA editing sites in cephalopods are shaped by adaptive evolution through substitutions that mimic the edited nucleotides, indicating a role for RNA editing in molecular adaptation.
bioRxiv · Aug 16, 2020Evolutionary Biology