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Evolved tooth gain in sticklebacks is associated with a cis-regulatory allele of Bmp6.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Sept 2014
Cleves Phillip A, Ellis Nicholas A, Jimenez Monica T, Nunez Stephanie M, Schluter Dolph, Kingsley David M, Miller Craig T
Abstract excerpt
Developmental genetic studies of evolved differences in morphology have led to the hypothesis that cis-regulatory changes often underlie morphological evolution. However, because most of these studies focus on evolved loss of traits, the genetic architecture and possible association with cis-regulatory changes of gain traits are less understood. Here we show that a derived benthic freshwater stickleback...
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