Recently Evolved, Stage-Specific Genes Are Enriched at Life-Stage Transitions in Flies.

J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol · 2025 · PMC12576388 · PMID 40662496

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This revealed a highly significant association between gene age and expression specificity in both species ( D. melanogaster : χ 2 = 1092.66, df = 5, p < 2.2 × 10 −16 ; A. aegypti : χ 2 = 890.74, df = 5, p < 2.2 × 10 −16 ), indicating that stage‐specific genes are significantly enriched for evolutionarily young genes. 2.4.

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