Fusion, fission, and scrambling of the bilaterian genome in Bryozoa
T. D. Lewin, I. J.-Y. Liao, M.-E. Chen, J. D. D. Bishop, P. W. H. Holland, Y.-J. Luo
This study reveals unique genome evolution in Bryozoa, showing extensive chromosome fusions and fissions that disrupt bilaterian linkage groups and support the Lophophorata hypothesis.
bioRxiv · Feb 15, 2024Evolutionary Biology