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Balancing selection on an MYB transcription factor maintains the twig trichome color variation in Melastoma normale.
BMC biology - 24 May 2023
Huang Guilian, Wu Wei, Chen Yongmei, Zhi Xueke, Zou Peishan, Ning Zulin, Fan Qiang, Liu Ying, Deng Shulin, Zeng Kai, Zhou Renchao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The factors that maintain phenotypic and genetic variation within a population have received long-term attention in evolutionary biology. Here the genetic basis and evolution of the geographically widespread variation in twig trichome color (from red to white) in a shrub Melastoma normale was investigated using Pool-seq and evolutionary analyses. RESULTS: The results show that the twig trichome...
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