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Innovation of heterochromatin functions drives rapid evolution of essential ZAD-ZNF genes in Drosophila
Bhavatharini Kasinathan, Serafin U. Colmenares, Hannah McConnell…·Harmit Singh Malik
The paper shows that evolutionarily dynamic ZAD-ZNF genes in Drosophila are more likely to be essential, with Nicknack being necessary for larval development despite its rapid evolution.
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