Decoupled evolution of the Sex Peptide gene family and Sex Peptide Receptor in Drosophilidae
B. R. Hopkins, A. Angus-Henry, B. Y. Kim, J. A. Carlisle, A. Thompson, A. Kopp
The paper traces the evolutionary history of the Sex Peptide gene family and its receptor in 264 Drosophila species, finding divergent trajectories and weak coevolutionary signals.
bioRxiv · Jun 29, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology