Evolutionary genetics: how flies get naked.

Curr Biol

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048, USA.

Published: October 2007

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  • Researchers have found that Drosophila sechellia, a species with a hairless larval cuticle, exhibits unexpected complexity in its genetic regulation.
  • The study highlights differences in the cis-regulatory elements compared to its hairy ancestors.
  • These findings suggest that evolutionary changes can involve intricate genetic modifications rather than straightforward processes.

Article Abstract

Researchers studying evolution of 'naked' (hairless) larval cuticle in Drosophila sechellia have discovered surprising complexity in the pattern of cis-regulatory differences that differentiate this species from its 'hairy' ancestors.

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