Stabilizing and directional selection shape the genetic variation of gene expression in the transcriptome of Chlamydomonas.

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Gene expression has proven to be a source of evolutionary novelty and is important to phenotypic evolution. However, we still have a poor understanding of the degree to which mutation contributes to variation in segregating and diverging populations. Here, we aim to investigate the evolutionary forces that shape the transcriptome in 24 wild strains of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, originating from two...

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