Rapidly evolving gene contributes to origin of species
Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 14:35
in Biology & Nature
A gene that helped one species split into two species shows evidence of adapting much faster than other genes in the genome, raising questions about what is driving its rapid evolution.
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