Department of Biology and Epigenetics Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Department of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
Curr Biol. 2024 Nov 18;34(22):R1144-R1146. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.031.
The molecular mechanisms underlying evolution of morphological novelties are not well understood, although co-option is often inferred. A new study demonstrates that the partial co-option of the trichome gene regulatory network underlies the evolution of novel projections on Drosophila male genitalia.
虽然经常推断出趋同进化的存在,但对于形态新颖性进化的分子机制仍了解甚少。一项新的研究表明,在果蝇雄性生殖器上新出现的结构的进化过程中,毛状体基因调控网络的部分趋同进化是其基础。