Rapid sequence evolution is associated with genetic incompatibilities in the plastid Clp complex
S. E. Abdel-Ghany, L. M. LaManna, Z. Svab, H. E. Harroun, P. Maliga, D. B. Sloan
The paper investigates rapid sequence evolution in the plastid Clp complex by replacing the clpP1 gene in tobacco with variants from Silene species, finding that accelerated evolution leads to functional incompatibilities.
bioRxiv · Jul 13, 2021Evolutionary Biology