Holosteans contextualize the role of the teleost genome duplication in promoting the rise of evolutionary novelties in the ray-finned fish innate immune system
A. Dornburg, D. J. Wcisel, K. Zapfe, E. Ferraro, L. Roupe-Abrams, A. W. Thompson, I. Braasch, T. Ota, J. A. Yoder
This study investigates the innate immune receptor diversity in Holostei, showing that their gene families predate the teleost genome duplication and rival teleost diversity, challenging assumptions about the TGD's role in immune innovation.
bioRxiv · Jun 11, 2021Immunology