Differential adaptive RNA editing signals between insects and plants revealed by a new measurement termed haplotype diversity.
Yuange DuanYe XuFan SongLi TianWanzhi CaiHu LiPublished in: Biology direct (2023)
C-to-U RNA editing in Arabidopsis is adaptive but it is not designed for diversifying the proteome like A-to-I editing in Drosophila. Instead, C-to-U recoding sites resemble DNA mutations. Our observation supports the restorative hypothesis of plant C-to-U editing which claims that editing is used for fixing unfavorable genomic sequences.