Nature Communications (May 2022)

Genome and transcriptome mechanisms driving cephalopod evolution

  • Caroline B. Albertin,
  • Sofia Medina-Ruiz,
  • Therese Mitros,
  • Hannah Schmidbaur,
  • Gustavo Sanchez,
  • Z. Yan Wang,
  • Jane Grimwood,
  • Joshua J. C. Rosenthal,
  • Clifton W. Ragsdale,
  • Oleg Simakov,
  • Daniel S. Rokhsar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29748-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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“Cephalopods are known for their large nervous systems, complex behaviors, and morphological innovations. Here, the authors find that soft-bodied cephalopod genomes are more rearranged than other extant molluscs and that mRNA editing patterns are associated with the nervous system and repetitive elements”.