The bird's-eye view on chromosome evolution 06 Biological Sciences 0604 Genetics 06 Biological Sciences 0603 Evolutionary Biology

Abstract

The study of the evolution of chromosomal number and structure has long been of interest to evolutionary biologists. However, this research has been hindered by the lack of chromosome-level genome assemblies for multiple species across phylogenetic lineages. Three recent studies from same research group have demonstrated the power of bioinformatic approaches in producing chromosome level genome assemblies and reconstructing the karyotypic history of birds.