An innovation in host responses to escalating genomic conflicts
An innovation in host responses to escalating genomic conflicts
Tags: Fruit fly, Genomics, Selfish genetic elementsMartí, Emiliano et al., Trends in Genetics, 2025.
Conflicts between selfish elements and their hosts can trigger rapid structural and regulatory changes in genomes. Chen et al. discovered a novel species-specific innovation in response to a meiotic driver in Drosophila melanogaster. Their discovery highlights a new dimension in adaptive responses to selfish elements, with broad evolutionary consequences.
