Martí Emiliano, Larracuente Amanda M
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
Trends Genet. 2025 May;41(5):359-361. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2025.03.001. Epub 2025 Apr 4.
Conflicts between selfish elements and their hosts can trigger rapid structural and regulatory changes in genomes. Chen et al. discovered a novel species-specific innovation in response to a meiotic driver in Drosophila melanogaster. Their discovery highlights a new dimension in adaptive responses to selfish elements, with broad evolutionary consequences.
自私元件与其宿主之间的冲突会引发基因组迅速的结构和调控变化。陈等人发现了黑腹果蝇针对一种减数分裂驱动因子的全新物种特异性创新。他们的发现凸显了对自私元件适应性反应的一个新维度,具有广泛的进化影响。