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Areej Said-Ahmad

Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyORCID 0009-0003-4533-1495Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Evolutionary BiologyScience AdvancesPeer-reviewedApr 17, 2026

Distinct mechanisms decommission redundant enhancers to facilitate phenotypic evolution

Areej Said-Ahmad, Noa Shimron, Ela Fainitsky…·Ella Preger‐Ben Noon

The paper shows how four distinct mechanisms inactivate redundant enhancers of the shavenbaby gene in Drosophila sechellia, leading to the loss of larval trichomes.

DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aec1946

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