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A screen for immunity genes evolving under positive selection in Drosophila.

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 May 2007

Jiggins F M, Kim K W

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Genes involved in the immune system tend to have higher rates of adaptive evolution than other genes in the genome, probably because they are coevolving with pathogens. We have screened a sample of Drosophila genes to identify those evolving under positive selection. First, we identified rapidly evolving immunity genes by comparing 140 loci in Drosophila erecta and D. yakuba. Secondly, we resequenced 23 of the...

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PMID: 17465907
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01305.x

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