Article
A Developmental Switch Generating Phenotypic Plasticity Is Part of a Conserved Multi-gene Locus.
Cell reports - 5 Jun 2018
Sieriebriennikov Bogdan, Prabh Neel, Dardiry Mohannad, Witte Hanh, Röseler Waltraud, Kieninger Manuela R, Rödelsperger Christian, Sommer Ralf J
Abstract excerpt
Switching between alternative complex phenotypes is often regulated by "supergenes," polymorphic clusters of linked genes such as in butterfly mimicry. In contrast, phenotypic plasticity results in alternative complex phenotypes controlled by environmental influences rather than polymorphisms. Here, we show that the developmental switch gene regulating predatory versus non-predatory mouth-form plasticity in the...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Body Patterning
- Conserved Sequence
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Conversion
- Genes, Developmental
- Genes, Helminth
- Genetic Loci