Although CHROMEVOL’s main interests revolve around chromatin and epigenetics, we’re also interested in other aspects of development and evolution. Our latest work in this regard investigates the evolution of sex determining proteins in insects, reporting a previously unsuspected rapid evolution of basal components of the cascade, including the gene doublesex. This work has been accepted today for publication in the journal Development, Genes and Evolution (Springer), and constitutes yet another contribution of our long and fruitful collaboration with the research group of Dr. Lucas Sanchez at the Spanish Research Council in Madrid.
