Draft Aphaenogaster genomes expand our view of ant genome size variation across climate gradients
Matthew K. Lau, Aaron M. Ellison, Andrew Nguyen, Clint A. Penick, Bernice Demarco, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Nathan James Sanders, Robert R. Dunn, Sara Helms Cahan
The paper sequenced six Aphaenogaster ant genomes across a latitudinal climate gradient and found genome size correlates with minimum temperature, suggesting temperature extremes may influence genome evolution.
PeerJ · Mar 11, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics