Evolving Genital Structures: A Deep Look at Network Co-option

Dev Cell. 2015 Sep 14;34(5):485-6. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.08.022.

Abstract

Novel body structures are often generated by the redeployment of ancestral components of the genome. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Glassford et al. (2015) present a thorough analysis of the co-option of a gene regulatory network in the origin of an evolutionary novelty.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
  • Gene Regulatory Networks / genetics*
  • Genes, Insect / genetics*
  • Homeodomain Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Homeodomain Proteins