Reversing opinions on Dollo’s Law¶
Collin, & Miglietta. (2008). Reversing opinions on Dollo’s Law. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.
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- Dollo's Law
- Documented evolutionary reversals, where a lineage genuinely recovers an ancestral complex phenotype, typically involve traits lost only recently (before pseudogenization is complete) or traits whose encoding genes were maintained by selection for a second function, keeping the machinery from decaying
This sourceReviews phylogenetic, genomic and evo-devo evidence that complex features such as digits and wings have been reacquired and that the underlying developmental pathways and genetic architecture can be retained after a character is lost.
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“Phylogenetic studies have recently demonstrated cases where seemingly complex features such as digits and wings have been reacquired. Meanwhile, large genomics databases and evo-devo studies are showing how the underlying developmental pathways and genetic architecture can be retained after the loss of a character.”
- Documented evolutionary reversals, where a lineage genuinely recovers an ancestral complex phenotype, typically involve traits lost only recently (before pseudogenization is complete) or traits whose encoding genes were maintained by selection for a second function, keeping the machinery from decaying
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