Multiple large-scale gene and genome duplications during the evolution of hexapods
Z. Li, G. Tiley, S. Galuska, C. Reardon, T. Kidder, R. Rundell, M. S. Barker
The paper investigates ancient whole genome duplications in hexapods using transcriptomes and genomes from over 150 insect species, finding 18 WGDs and six other large-scale gene duplication bursts.
bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2018Evolutionary Biology