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The evolution of courtship behaviors through the origination of a new gene in Drosophila.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 May 2008
Dai Hongzheng, Chen Ying, Chen Sidi, Mao Qiyan, Kennedy David, Landback Patrick, Eyre-Walker Adam, Du Wei, Long Manyuan
Abstract excerpt
New genes can originate by the combination of sequences from unrelated genes or their duplicates to form a chimeric structure. These chimeric genes often evolve rapidly, suggesting that they undergo adaptive evolution and may therefore be involved in novel phenotypes. Their functions, however, are rarely known. Here, we describe the phenotypic effects of a chimeric gene, sphinx, that has recently evolved in...
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