The whale shark genome reveals patterns of vertebrate gene family evolution
Milton Tan, Anthony K. Redmond, Helen M. Dooley, Ryo Nozu, Keiichi Sato, Shigehiro Kuraku, Sergey Koren, Adam M. Phillippy, Alistair D. M. Dove, Timothy D. Read
The paper analyzes the whale shark genome to study vertebrate gene family evolution, finding patterns in immunity, gigantism, and cancer-related gene expansion.
eLife · Aug 19, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics