Whole Genome Duplication and Gene Evolution in the Hyperdiverse Venomous Gastropods.

ABSTRACT: The diversity of venomous organisms and the toxins they produce have been increasingly investigated, but taxonomic bias remains important. Neogastropods, a group of marine predators representing almost 22% of the known gastropod diversity, evolved a wide range of feeding strategies, including the production of toxins to subdue their preys. However, whether the diversity of these compounds is at the origin of the hyperdiversification of the group and how genome evolution may correlate with both the compounds and species diversities remain understudied. Among the available gastropods genomes, only eight, with uneven quality assemblies, belong to neogastropods. Here, we generated chromosome-level assemblies of two species belonging to the Tonnoidea and Muricoidea superfamilies (Monoplex corru

SUBMITTER: Farhat S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401626 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature