Positive selection at sites of chemosensory genes is associated with the recent divergence and local ecological adaptation in cactophilic Drosophila
Abstract Background Adaptation to new hosts in phytophagous insects often involves mechanisms of host recognition by genes of sensory pathways. Most often the molecular evolution of sensory genes has been explained in the context of the birth-and-death model. The role of positive selection is less u...
Main Authors: | Fernando Diaz, Carson W. Allan, Luciano M. Matzkin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-09-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1250-x |
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