Ancestral splice variation is a substrate for rapid diversifcation in African cichlids
Pooja Singh, Ehsan Pashay Ahi, Anna Duenser, Marija Durdević, Wolfgang Gessl, Sylvia Schäffer, Julian Gallaun, Ole Seehausen C D, Christian Sturmbauer
The paper shows that alternative splicing evolves faster than gene expression in African cichlids, contributing to rapid ecological diversification during adaptive radiation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · May 12, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology