Positive and purifying selection influence the evolution of doublesex in the Anastrepha fraterculus species group.

The gene doublesex (dsx) is considered to be under strong selective constraint along its evolutionary history because of its central role in somatic sex differentiation in insects. However, previous studies of dsx used global estimates of evolutionary rates to investigate its molecular evolution, wh...

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Main Authors: Iderval S Sobrinho, Reinaldo A de Brito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3302808?pdf=render