Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Parallel duplication and loss of aquaporin-coding genes during the 'out of the sea' transition paved the way for animal terrestrialization
G. I. Martinez-Redondo, C. Simon Guerrero, L. Aristide…·R. Fernandez
The paper examines aquaporin gene evolution across terrestrial and aquatic species, finding parallel duplications and losses linked to terrestrialization.