Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Evolution of stickleback spines through independent cis-regulatory changes at HOXDB
J. I. Wucherpfennig, T. R. Howes, J. N. Au…·D. M. Kingsley
The paper shows that HOXDB regulatory changes in stickleback fish species independently alter spine length and number through different molecular mechanisms.
DOI 10.1038/s41559-022-01855-3