Cryptic, extensive and non-random chromosome reorganization revealed by a butterfly chromonome
J. A. Hill, R. Neethiraj, P. Rastas, N. Clark, N. Morehouse, M. de la Paz Celorio-Mancera, J. C. Cols, H. Dircksen, C. Meslin, K. Sikkink, M. Vives, H. Vogel, C. Wiklund, C. L. Boggs, S. Nylin, C. Wheat
The paper reveals extensive, non-random chromosome reorganization in the green-veined white butterfly through fission and fusion events, despite maintaining a standard haploid chromosome count and gene collinearity.
bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2018Evolutionary Biology