A-to-I RNA editing in honeybees shows signals of adaptation and convergent evolution
Yuange Duan, Shengqian Dou, Hagit T. Porath, Jiaxing Huang, Eli Eisenberg, Jian Lü
Abstract
. This convergent evolution, where the same target genes independently acquire recoding events in distant diverged clades, together with the signals of adaptation observed in honeybees alone, further supports the notion of recoding being adaptive.
Topics & Concepts
ADARBiologyRNA editingConvergent evolutionAdaptation (eye)Evolutionary biologyNonsynonymous substitutionGeneTranscriptomeGenome editingGeneticsRNAGenomePhylogeneticsGene expressionNeuroscienceRNA regulation and diseaseRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsCRISPR and Genetic Engineering