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Researchers at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, have conducted a study on the evolutionary changes of noncoding elements associated with the transition of sexual modes in Caenorhabditis nematodes. The study focused on androdioecy, a sexual polymorphism found in these nematodes. The research highlighted the importance of conserved noncoding elements (CNEs) in gene regulation related to the development of intersexuality. This study was supported by Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) and was published in Science Advances. [Extracted from the article]