The native mussel Mytilus chilensis genome reveals adaptative molecular signatures facing the marine environment.
Cristian Gallardo‐Escárate, Valentina Valenzuela‐Muñoz, Gustavo Núñez-Acuña, Diego Valenzuela‐Miranda, Fabián J. Tapia, Marco Yévenes, Gonzalo Gajardo, Jorge E. Toro, Pablo A. Oyarzún, Gloria Arriagada, Beatriz Novoa, Antonio J. Figueras, Steven Roberts, Marco Gerdol
The paper presents the first chromosome-level genome of Mytilus chilensis, revealing genomic adaptations to marine environments and potential evolutionary relationships in Bivalvia.
bioRxiv · Sep 6, 2022 · PreprintGenomics