Acceleration of genome rearrangement in clitellate annelids
Darrin T. Schultz, Elizabeth Heath-Heckman, Christopher J. Winchell, Dian‐Han Kuo, Yun-Sang Yu, Fabian Oberauer, Kevin M. Kocot, Sung–Jin Cho, Oleg Simakov, David A. Weisblat
The paper compares 12 clitellate genomes and 11 outgroup representatives to show that genome rearrangements in Clitellata began at their base and significantly shaped the Hox cluster evolution.
bioRxiv · May 12, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology