Getting lost in the weeds:How WOX9 has shed light on gene functional divergence

• 作者: Maida Romera-Branchat
• 来源期刊: 分子植物（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（5）
• 所属期刊栏目: Editor's Highlights
• 页码范围: 717-718
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Studying functional divergence between different species is key to understanding gene evolution,but it is challenging when comparison of distant phyla or when allelic diversity is limiting.Variations in transcribed sequences have been more considered than polymorphism in cis-regulatory regions,such as promoters.A recent study by the Efroni and Lippman groups tackling cross-species gene functional divergence demonstrates that studying gene regulatory sequences can revolutionize our understanding of gene functions.