Striking parallels between dorsoventral patterning in Drosophila and Gryllus reveal a complex evolutionary history behind a model gene regulatory network
M. Pechmann, N. J. Kenny, L. Pott, P. Heger, Y.-T. Chen, T. Buchta, O. Ozuak, J. A. Lynch, S. Roth
The paper compares dorsoventral patterning in Drosophila and Gryllus, finding similarities in Toll signaling roles and suggesting convergent evolution or an ancient insect regulatory network.
bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2020Evolutionary Biology