Distinct mechanisms decommission redundant enhancers to facilitate phenotypic evolution
Areej Said-Ahmad, Noa Shimron, Ela Fainitsky, Sujay Naik, Srijani Roy, Nicolás Frankel, Ella Preger‐Ben Noon
The paper shows how four distinct mechanisms inactivate redundant enhancers of the shavenbaby gene in Drosophila sechellia, leading to the loss of larval trichomes.
Science Advances · Apr 17, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology