Adaptation and convergence in circadian-related genes in Iberian freshwater fish.
João M MorenoTiago F JesusMaria Manuela CoelhoVítor C SousaPublished in: BMC ecology and evolution (2021)
Our results support that temperature may be a selective pressure driving the evolution of genes involved in the circadian system. By integrating sequence-based functional protein prediction with dN/dS-based methods to detect selection we uncovered adaptive convergence in the southern populations, probably related to their similar thermal conditions.
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