Reposted by Pankaj Dhakad
@pankajd.bsky.social & @darrenobbard.bsky.social show that immune genes overall evolve faster at the protein level, but are less prone to copy-number changes than other genes in Drosophila.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag034
#genome #evolution #drosophila
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Predictors of Protein Evolution in the drosophilid Immune System
Abstract. The evolutionary dynamics of immune genes are shaped by diverse selective pressures, yet the relative roles of gene-level traits, functional spec
