Plastome-Wide Rearrangements and Gene Losses in Carnivorous Droseraceae
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DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz005
Abstract: Abstract The plastid genomes of four related carnivorous plants (Drosera regia, Drosera erythrorhiza, Aldrovanda vesiculosa, and Dionaea muscipula) were sequenced to examine changes potentially induced by the transition to carnivory. The plastid genomes of the… read more here.
Keywords: gene losses; plastome wide; losses carnivorous; gene ... See more keywords
Gene losses did not stop the evolution of big brains
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.41912
Abstract: Elephants and fruit bats have evolved large brains even though they have lost a gene that is fundamental to the supply of energy to the brain when glucose is not available. read more here.
Keywords: gene losses; stop evolution; losses stop; evolution big ... See more keywords