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Adaptive impact of the chimeric gene Quetzalcoatl in Drosophila melanogaster.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Jun 2010

Rogers Rebekah L, Bedford Trevor, Lyons Ana M, Hartl Daniel L

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Chimeric genes, which form through the genomic fusion of two protein-coding genes, are a significant source of evolutionary novelty in Drosophila melanogaster. However, the propensity of chimeric genes to produce adaptive phenotypic changes is not fully understood. Here, we describe the chimeric gene Quetzalcoatl (Qtzl; CG31864), which formed in the recent past and swept to fixation in D. melanogaster. Qtzl arose...

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PMID: 20534482
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006503107
PMCID: PMC2890713

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