New estimates of genome size in Orthoptera and their evolutionary implications
Oliver Hawlitschek, David Sadílek, Lara‐Sophie Dey, Katharina Buchholz, Sajad Noori, Inci Livia Baez, Timo Wehrt, Jason Brozio, Pavel Trávníček, Matthias Seidel, Martin Husemann
The paper estimates genome sizes for 50 Orthoptera species and finds the largest insect genome in Bryodemella tuberculata, with implications for evolutionary mechanisms.
PLoS ONE · Mar 15, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics