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Digestive organ in the female reproductive tract borrows genes from multiple organ systems to adopt critical functions.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jun 2015

Meslin Camille, Plakke Melissa S, Deutsch Aaron B, Small Brandon S, Morehouse Nathan I, Clark Nathan L

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Persistent adaptive challenges are often met with the evolution of novel physiological traits. Although there are specific examples of single genes providing new physiological functions, studies on the origin of complex organ functions are lacking. One such derived set of complex functions is found in the Lepidopteran bursa copulatrix, an organ within the female reproductive tract that digests nutrients from the...

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PMID: 25725432
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv048
PMCID: PMC4572785

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