Evolutionary Genetics: Reuse, Recycle, Converge
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.075
Evolutionary Genetics: Reuse, Recycle, Converge
Abstract
Our understanding of how genetic changes underlie the evolution of traits is growing fast. Two new studies now show that changes in the same genetic loci can drive the evolution of the same trait in multiple Drosophila species.
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