Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Accelerated DNA evolution in rats is driven by differential methylation in sperm
Xiao-Hui Liu, Jin-Min Lian, Fei Ling…·Jing-Jing Sui
The paper investigates epigenetic and DNA variation in rat subspecies, finding that differential methylation in sperm drives accelerated DNA evolution through environment-associated chromatin changes.
DOI 10.1101/033571