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The de novo genome of the "Spanish" slug Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 (Gastropoda: Panpulmonata): massive expansion of transposable elements in a major pest species
Zeyuan Chen, Özgül Doğan, Nadège Guiglielmoni…·Michael Schrödl
The paper presents the first high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of the invasive slug Arion vulgaris, revealing a massive expansion of transposable elements and insights into its evolutionary history.