Birds, the most species‐rich monophyletic group of land vertebrates, have been subject to
some of the most intense sequencing efforts to date, making them an ideal case study for …

Microchromosomes are prevalent in nonmammalian vertebrates [PD Waters et al., Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118 (2021)], but a few of them are missing in bird genome assemblies …

Sex chromosomes in most amphibians are homomorphic (undifferentiated) in both sexes
and are characterized by frequent turnover. This is in sharp contrast to sex chromosomes in …

Ancestral sequence reconstruction is a fundamental aspect of molecular evolution studies
and can trace small-scale sequence modifications through the evolution of genomes and …

Abstract Ocean Sampling Day was initiated by the EU-funded Micro B3 (Marine Microbial
Biodiversity, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology) project to obtain a snapshot of the marine …

Most recent initiatives to sequence and assemble new species' genomes de novo fail to
achieve the ultimate endpoint to produce contigs, each representing one whole …

The karyotype of most birds has remained considerably stable during more than 100 million
years' evolution, except for some groups, such as parrots. The evolutionary processes and …

Accurate and contiguous genome assembly is key to a comprehensive understanding of the
processes shaping genomic diversity and evolution. Yet, it is frequently constrained by …

With more than 70,000 living species, vertebrates have a huge impact on the field of biology
and research, including karyotype evolution. One prominent aspect of many vertebrate …

Studies of reptile (nonavian reptiles) chromosomes began well over a century ago (1897)
with the initial report on the description of sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) chromosomes. Since …