Abstract:Phenotypic transitions in related taxa often share a common genetic basis, which suggests that there are constraints that shape the process of evolution at the genetic level. For example, noncoding changes in a gene may be favored relative to coding changes. Non-coding changes, which can alter context-specific gene expression, tend to have fewer pleiotropic consequences than coding changes, which affect the function of a gene product in all contexts. In this study, we evaluate the importance of protein-coding … Show more
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