Adaptive cis-regulatory changes may involve few mutations.

Abstract excerpt

A long-standing debate in evo-devo research concerns the relative role of protein-coding and cis-regulatory regions in adaptation. Recent studies of genetic adaptation have revealed that the number of substitutions contributing to phenotypic variation is lower in cis-regulatory than in structural regions, which has led to the idea that cis-regulatory regions are less important in phenotypic adaptation. However,...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Adaptation, Biological
• Share to Models, Genetic
• Share to Mutation