Unlocking the genetic basis of adaptive evolution: study reveals complex chromosomal rearrangements in a stick insect

ScienceDaily
Apr 18, 2025, 11:55 pm368 ptsTop
Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from one part of a chromosome to another, independently in populations of stick insects on different mountains.

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