Comparing Small and Large Genomes Within Monogonont Rotifers.

ABSTRACT: Genome size is an important correlate of many biological features including body size, metabolic rate, and developmental rate and can vary due to a variety of mechanisms, including incorporation of repetitive elements, duplication events, or reduction due to selective constraints. Our ability to understand the causes of genome size variation is hampered by limited sampling of many nonmodel taxa, including monogonont rotifers. Here, we used high-throughput Nanopore sequencing and flow cytometry to estimate genome sizes of nine species of monogonont rotifers representing seven families, including three representatives of Superorder Gnesiotrocha. We annotated the genomes and classified the repetitive elements. We also compared genome size with two biological features: body size and metabolic

SUBMITTER: Mohl JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11954553 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature