水曜日の研究室セミナーでの文献紹介の担当は修士一年の濱名君で，紹介した論文は Lang, M. et al. Mutations in the neverland gene turned Drosophila pachea into an obligate specialist species. Science 337, 1658-1661 (2012) でした．パキアショウジョウバエが特定のサボテンしか餌にできなくなった原因は脱皮ホルモンであるエクジソン生合成に関わる酵素遺伝子の変異であったという内容の論文です．
今週の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました．
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