Myriapod genomes reveal ancestral horizontal gene transfer and hormonal gene loss in millipedes - Nature.com

Myriapods play an important ecological role in soil and forest ecosystems. Here the authors analyse nine myriapod genomes, showing rapid evolution of distinct genomic pathways in centipede and millipede lineages, shaped by differing ecological pressures.

Chipman, A. D. et al. The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima. PLoS Biol.12, e1002005 (2014). P… [+19169 chars]

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