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Germline restricted chromosomes in dark winged fungus gnats show dynamic chromosome organisation despite strong purifying selection on genes

2025-10-24

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Germline restricted chromosomes (GRCs) are an evolutionary mystery. While they seem to be important and perhaps indispensable in species they occur, they also show surprising variability in copy number and size. We are just beginning to understand the evolutionary significance of these chromosomes. One factor that impedes our understanding is that at present, few clades with these chromosomes have been studied in...

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Literature Corpus work: 9e00c5cb-2a63-5151-b46c-601a05d93ec4
DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.24.684428

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