Microsatellite repeat instability fuels evolution of embryonic enhancers in Hawaiian Drosophila.

For ∼30 million years, the eggs of Hawaiian Drosophila were laid in ever-changing environments caused by high rates of island formation. The associated diversification of the size and developmental rate of the syncytial fly embryo would have altered morphogenic gradients, thus necessitating frequent...

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Main Authors: Andrew Brittain, Elizabeth Stroebele, Albert Erives
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4076327?pdf=render