Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Fusion, fission, and scrambling of the bilaterian genome in Bryozoa
Thomas D. Lewin, Isabel Jiah-Yih Liao, Mu-En Chen…·Yi‐Jyun 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.