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Article in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
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- The Evolutionary Flexibility of the Drosophila Circadian Clock: Network Constraints or Adaptive Freedom?Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
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Abstract
Drosophila-type timeless (dTIM) is a key clock protein in fruit flies, regulating rhythmicity and light-mediated entrainment. However, functional experiments indicate that its contribution to the clock differs in various insects. Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of dTIM across animals and dated its origin, gene duplications, and losses. We identified variable and conserved protein domains and pinpointed animal lineages that underwent the biggest changes in dTIM. While dTIM modifications are only mildly affected by changes in the PER protein, even the complete loss of PER in echinoderms had no impact on dTIM. However, changes in dTIM always co-occur with the loss of CRYPTOCHROMES or JETLAG. This is exemplified by the remarkably accelerated evolution of dTIM in phylloxera and aphids. Finally, alternative
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