Genomes of ancient asexual mites appear streamlined in their architecture
Nadège Guiglielmoni, Mohammed Errbii, Hüsna Öztoprak, Viktoria Bednarski, Karim Gueddach, Lea Borgschulte, Svenja Wulsch, Marshall Brickheimer, Isabella Di Stefano, Lucy Jimenez, Jakob Zelzner, Antje Schuster, Christian Becker, Kerstin Becker, Miklós Bálint, , Jens Bast
This study compares the genomes of ancient asexual and sexual oribatid mites, finding that asexual species have streamlined genomes with fewer novel genes compared to their sexual relatives.
bioRxiv · Dec 2, 2025 · PreprintGenomics