The three-dimensional genome drives the evolution of asymmetric gene duplicates via enhancer capture-divergence

UJ Lee, D Arsala, S **a, C Li, M Ali, N Svetec… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Previous evolutionary models of duplicate gene evolution have overlooked the pivotal role
of genome architecture. Here, we show that proximity-based regulatory recruitment by …

Selection and geography shape male reproductive tract transcriptomes in Drosophila melanogaster

JM Cridland, CE Contino, DJ Begun - Genetics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Transcriptome analysis of several animal clades suggests that male reproductive tract gene
expression evolves quickly. However, the factors influencing the abundance and distribution …

Temperature affects conspecific and heterospecific mating rates in Drosophila

JA Rader, DR Matute - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Behavioral mating choices and mating success are important factors in the development of
reproductive isolation during speciation. Environmental conditions, especially temperature …

The Role of the 3-Dimensional Genome in New Gene Evolution

UJ Lee, D Arsala, S **a, M Ali, D Sobreira, I Eres… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
In efforts to explain how duplicate gene copies may rise to fixation in a population, previous
models of new gene origination have underappreciated the importance of the 3D genome in …