Ecological correlates of gene family size in a pine-feeding sawfly genome and across Hymenoptera
K. Vertacnik, D. Herrig, R. K. Godfrey, T. Hill, S. Geib, R. Unckless, D. Nelson, C. R. Linnen
The paper examines gene family evolution in a pine-feeding sawfly and across Hymenoptera, finding that gene family expansions are linked to ecological adaptation, while contractions are less common.
bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology