Comparative studies of gene expression and the evolution of gene regulation

Comparative studies of gene expression and the evolution of gene regulation:
Comparative studies of gene expression and the evolution of gene regulation

Nature Reviews Genetics 13, 505 (2012).
doi:10.1038/nrg3229

Authors: Irene Gallego Romero, Ilya Ruvinsky & Yoav Gilad
The hypothesis that differences in gene regulation have an important role in speciation and adaptation is more than 40 years old. With the advent of new sequencing technologies, we are able to characterize and study gene expression levels and associated regulatory mechanisms in a large