Deciphering the mechanisms of genome size evolution (IMAGE)

University of Barcelona

Deciphering the mechanisms of genome size evolution

Caption

The sequencing of the genomes of a spider from the mainland (Dysdera catalonica, left) and one from the Canary Islands (Dysdera tilosensis, right) opens a new perspective for understanding how genome size evolves in similar species, an enigma that has baffled the scientific community for years.

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Marc Domènech and Pedro Oromí, respectively

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