Distinct functional constraints partition sequence conservation in a cis-regulatory element.

Different functional constraints contribute to different evolutionary rates across genomes. To understand why some sequences evolve faster than others in a single cis-regulatory locus, we investigated function and evolutionary dynamics of the promoter of the Caenorhabditis elegans unc-47 gene. We fo...

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Main Authors: Antoine Barrière, Kacy L Gordon, Ilya Ruvinsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3107193?pdf=render