Acceleration of genome rearrangement in clitellate annelids
D. T. Schultz, E. A. C. Heath-Heckman, C. J. Winchell, D.-H. T. Kuo, Y.-s. Yu, F. Oberauer, K. Kocot, S.-J. Cho, O. Simakov, D. A. Weisblat
The paper compares 12 clitellate genomes and 11 outgroup representatives to show that genome rearrangements in Clitellata began at their base and significantly shaped the Hox cluster evolution.
bioRxiv · May 12, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology