The transcriptional consequences of mutation and natural selection in Caenorhabditis elegans

ABSTRACT: This set of arrays contains all microarray experiments done involving comparisons among C. elegans natural isolates and mutation-accumulation lines. Abstract: The evolutionary importance of gene-expression divergence is unclear: some studies suggest that it is an important mechanism for evolution by natural selection, whereas others claim that most between-species regulatory changes are neutral or nearly neutral. We examined global transcriptional divergence patterns in a set of Caenorhabditis elegans mutation-accumulation lines and natural isolate lines to provide insights into the evolutionary importance of transcriptional variation and to discriminate between the forces of mutation and natural selection in shaping the evolution of gene expression. We detected the effects of selection on

ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans

SUBMITTER: Dee Denver 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-4123 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress