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Karen Brooks

Wellcome Sanger InstituteORCID 0009-0001-6337-8137Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:simulation· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 22, 2026

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338 coleopteran genomes reveal exceptional rearrangement variation compared to other insect orders

Arif Maulana, Aleksandra Bliznina, Sam Ebdon…·Joana I. Meier

From 338 beetle genomes, eight ancestral linkage groups were inferred; rearrangement rates vary widely, peaking in major radiations, and the X chromosome dates to Holometabola's ancestor.

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