Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Ecological load and balancing selection in circumboreal barnacles
J. C. B. Nunez, S. Rong, A. Damian-Serrano…·D. M. Rand
The paper identifies balancing selection in circumboreal barnacles, showing 4% of genes are maintained across 2 million years, with functions in ion regulation, pain reception, and heat tolerance.
DOI 10.1093/molbev/msaa227